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SALAZAR D

Structure dossier · WDID 2200621 · 1 · CONEJOS RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 in line

Priority 1856-04-01 — 17th 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: MILL D (1856-04-01). Immediately behind: SAN JOSE D (1856-04-15).

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
2283.01856-04-011883-10-22 12.320.0 CIRRDOM 8

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,799 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 3,350 AF — 120% of that, and 12th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 966 1st lowest of 15 · 34% of median 53 12.3
2012 1,626 3rd lowest of 15 · 58% of median 81 12.3
2013 1,424 2nd lowest of 15 · 51% of median 74 12.3
2014 2,799 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 78 24.9
2015 3,061 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 111 24.9
2016 2,740 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 97 24.8
2017 3,147 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 92 24.8
2018 2,501 5th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 77 24.8
2019 3,798 15th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 87 24.8
2020 2,466 4th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 77 24.9
2021 2,755 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 86 18.0
2022 3,182 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 77 24.8
2023 3,786 14th lowest of 15 · 135% of median 85 24.8
2024 3,383 13th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 89 24.8
2025 3,350 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 95 24.8

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