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SACRAMENTO CR RES
Structure dossier · WDID 2304494 · RESERVOIR · SACRAMENTO CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 03:51 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (0576005) — 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.
Current administration
● Fully called out — call at LAST CHANCE DITCH 2 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1863-12-30).
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 1867-07-01 — 237th most senior of the 21881 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: 2304493 (1867-07-01). Immediately behind: 2304497 (1867-07-01).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6391.0 | 1867-07-01 | 1889-10-18 | 20.085 | 0.0 | A | DOMAUGRCH | |
| 6391.0 | 1867-07-01 | 1889-10-18 | 0.102 | 0.0 | C | DOMAUGRCH | |
| 45496.0 | 1974-07-25 | 1974-12-31 | 37.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGRCH | |
| 47541.0 | 1980-02-29 | 1987-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | AUG | |
| 53614.0 | 1996-10-15 | 1996-12-31 | 6.82 | 0.0 | A | STOMUNCOMDOMAUG |
Legal record & documents
17 decreed actions on record across
14 court cases:
03CW0238, 96CW0287, 04CW0187, 88CW0205, 84CW0250, W7741, 85CW0226, W7742, 98CW0022, 87CW0200 and 4 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
03CW0238 | 1 | 2003-12-31 | O |
96CW0287 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
04CW0187 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
88CW0205 | 1 | 1987-12-31 | O |
84CW0250 | 1 | 1984-12-31 | |
W7741 | 1 | 1974-12-31 | S |
85CW0226 | 2 | 1974-12-31 | S |
W7742 | 1 | 1889-10-18 | O |
98CW0022 | 1 | 1889-10-18 | O |
87CW0200 | 1 | 1889-10-18 | O |
85CW0465 | 3 | 1889-10-18 | O |
80CW0195 | 1 | 1889-10-18 | O |
09CW0089 | 1 | 1889-10-18 | O |
00CW0019 | 1 | 1889-10-18 | 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 12 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 40 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2004, came in at 51 AF — 128% of that, and 8th lowest of the 11 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 139 | 11th lowest of 11 · 348% of median | — | 50 | 2.0 |
| 1983 | 42 | 7th lowest of 11 · 105% of median | 1 | 24 | 2.0 |
| 1984 | 107 | 9th lowest of 11 · 268% of median | — | 82 | 1.0 |
| 1985 | 118 | 10th lowest of 11 · 295% of median | — | 75 | 1.8 |
| 1986 | 2 | 1st lowest of 11 · 5% of median | — | 3 | 0.5 |
| 1987 | 40 | 6th lowest of 11 · 100% of median | — | 24 | 9.0 |
| 1988 | 29 | 4th lowest of 11 · 72% of median | — | 8 | 4.6 |
| 1991 | 8 | 3rd lowest of 11 · 20% of median | — | 2 | 4.0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 2nd lowest of 11 · 15% of median | — | 2 | 3.0 |
| 1995 | 32 | 5th lowest of 11 · 80% of median | — | 17 | 2.0 |
| 2002 | — | no recorded volume | 5 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 51 | 8th lowest of 11 · 128% of median | — | 32 | 1.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 11 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 | 5 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 319 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 7% of the irrigation seasons in 1982-2004 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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