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Structure dossier · WDID 2200619 · 1 · CONEJOS RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:44 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 1855-03-01 — 6th 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: MANASSA D NO 3 (1855-03-01). Immediately behind: PLATORO RESERVOIR (1855-03-01).
Decreed rights (9)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886.0 | 1855-03-01 | 1883-10-22 | 26.57 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | 1 |
| 2677.0 | 1857-04-30 | 1883-10-22 | 11.43 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | 23 |
| 7365.0 | 1870-03-01 | 1883-10-22 | 25.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | 34 |
| 12164.0 | 1883-04-21 | 1883-10-22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 66 |
| 13667.0 | 1887-06-02 | 1890-10-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 115 |
| 13808.0 | 1887-10-21 | 1890-10-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 119 |
| 13959.0 | 1888-03-20 | 1890-10-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 127 |
| 14156.0 | 1888-10-03 | 1890-10-03 | 25.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 136 |
| 18004.0 | 1899-04-17 | 1914-01-14 | 77.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 168 |
Legal record & documents
10 decreed actions on record across
7 court cases:
CA0741, 84CW0054, W3265, 91CW0010, CA3146, CA3130, CA0331.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA0741 | 1 | 1914-01-14 | S |
84CW0054 | 1 | 1914-01-14 | S |
W3265 | 1 | 1890-10-03 | S |
91CW0010 | 4 | 1890-10-03 | O, S |
CA3146 | 1 | 1883-10-22 | O |
CA3130 | 1 | 1883-10-22 | O |
CA0331 | 1 | 1883-10-22 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 14,594 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 16,651 AF — 114% of that, and 12th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14,688 | 10th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 195 | 97.0 |
| 2012 | 13,285 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 212 | 70.3 |
| 2013 | 13,907 | 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 231 | 68.2 |
| 2014 | 13,133 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 199 | 102.0 |
| 2015 | 14,170 | 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 215 | 97.7 |
| 2016 | 14,394 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 209 | 80.5 |
| 2017 | 20,288 | 15th lowest of 15 · 139% of median | 217 | 101.0 |
| 2018 | 11,949 | 1st lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 227 | 101.0 |
| 2019 | 17,075 | 13th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 195 | 103.0 |
| 2020 | 13,803 | 4th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 215 | 217.2 |
| 2021 | 14,631 | 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 266 | 113.0 |
| 2022 | 16,435 | 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 365 | 115.0 |
| 2023 | 14,594 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 305 | 83.0 |
| 2024 | 17,141 | 14th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 215 | 99.9 |
| 2025 | 16,651 | 12th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 222 | 160.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 9 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 13315 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1964-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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