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Structure dossier · WDID 2200646 · 1 · CONEJOS RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:51 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 1883-04-21 — 123rd 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: SMITH BROS D (1883-04-21). Immediately behind: BROYLES OVERFLOW NO 4 (1883-04-21).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12348.12164 | 1883-04-21 | 1890-10-03 | 6.245 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 76 |
| 12348.12166 | 1883-04-23 | 1890-10-03 | 1.951 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 90 |
| 13149.0 | 1885-12-31 | 1890-10-03 | 2.927 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 106 |
Legal record & documents
6 decreed actions on record across
2 court cases:
84CW0096, 10/03/1890.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
84CW0096 | 3 | 1890-10-03 | S |
10/03/1890 | 3 | 1890-10-03 | S |
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 544 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 696 AF — 128% of that, and 12th 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.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 578 | 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | — | 30 | 11.1 |
| 2012 | 130 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 24% of median | — | 13 | 6.2 |
| 2013 | 72 | 1st lowest of 15 · 13% of median | — | 9 | 6.2 |
| 2014 | 406 | 5th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | — | 22 | 11.1 |
| 2015 | 525 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | — | 26 | 18.0 |
| 2016 | 551 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | — | 29 | 11.0 |
| 2017 | 940 | 13th lowest of 15 · 173% of median | — | 50 | 11.0 |
| 2018 | 294 | 4th lowest of 15 · 54% of median | — | 18 | 11.0 |
| 2019 | 1,082 | 14th lowest of 15 · 199% of median | — | 56 | 11.5 |
| 2020 | 185 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 34% of median | — | 13 | 11.1 |
| 2021 | 621 | 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | — | 33 | 11.1 |
| 2022 | 544 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 30 | 11.1 |
| 2023 | 1,106 | 15th lowest of 15 · 203% of median | — | 64 | 11.0 |
| 2024 | 505 | 6th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | — | 33 | 11.1 |
| 2025 | 696 | 12th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | — | 47 | 11.1 |
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 B (7/10 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 | 3 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 3911 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 24% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.