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Structure dossier · WDID 2200562 · 1 · CONEJOS RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:19 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Where it sits

Location as DWR records it. Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.

Which of its rights are out of priority?

Not computable for this structure: this structure is not on the modelled flow network, so no reference gage can honestly stand in for it.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1872-07-01 — 58th most senior of the 1764 structures with decreed rights in this water districtDWR's administrative subdivision of a river basin; the unit calls are usually stated in..

Under prior appropriationColorado's rule for sharing water: first in time, first in right. Age decides, not proximity or need., everything ahead of it in this line is satisfied in full before it receives any water. Immediately ahead: W1173 WELL NO 02 (1872-03-20). Immediately behind: W3020 WELL NO 07 (1872-11-18).

Decreed rights (1)

Admin noDWR's numeric encoding of a water right's seniority. Smaller is more senior; the integer part counts days from 1849-12-31 to the date that ranks the right. AppropriatedWhen water was first put to beneficial use. It sets seniority unless a prior adjudication date is later. AdjudicatedWhen the water court confirmed the right. A use decreed in 1975 was not a decreed use in 1955, however old the appropriation is. AbsoluteA right actually put to use, as opposed to conditional -- a placeholder for a use not yet made. ConditionalA right reserving a place in line for a use not yet made; it must be diligently pursued or it lapses. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
8218.01872-07-011883-10-22 18.310.0 CIRRDOMAUG 38

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,610 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,706 AF — 106% of that, and 9th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

YearDiverted (AFA volume: one acre covered a foot deep, about 326,000 gallons -- roughly a suburban household's outdoor use for a year.)Compared with its own recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 1,760 11th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 12 50 18.3
2011 912 4th lowest of 15 · 57% of median — 39 18.3
2012 741 3rd lowest of 15 · 46% of median — 36 18.3
2013 244 1st lowest of 15 · 15% of median — 20 10.8
2014 1,610 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 39 37.1
2015 694 2nd lowest of 15 · 43% of median — 24 18.3
2017 1,480 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median — 69 18.3
2018 1,316 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median — 31 25.0
2019 2,511 15th lowest of 15 · 156% of median — 79 29.0
2020 1,909 12th lowest of 15 · 119% of median — 40 29.1
2021 1,928 13th lowest of 15 · 120% of median — 58 37.1
2022 1,730 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median — 42 29.1
2023 1,254 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median — 60 18.7
2024 2,483 14th lowest of 15 · 154% of median — 62 33.8
2025 1,706 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median — 52 23.0

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