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ABAN SANCHEZ D
Structure dossier · WDID 2400502 · 1 · CULEBRA CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:46 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1874-05-15 — 34th most senior of the 453 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: ACEQUIA DE LOS CEDROS D (1872-05-10). Immediately behind: CHAVEZ AND QUINTANA D (1875-12-31).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14410.08901 | 1874-05-15 | 1905-12-14 | 1.26 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 30 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 222 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 177 AF — 80% of that, and 7th 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 | 37 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 17% of median | 18 | 1.3 |
| 2012 | 137 | 5th lowest of 15 · 62% of median | 56 | 1.3 |
| 2013 | 222 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 98 | 1.3 |
| 2014 | 242 | 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 104 | 1.3 |
| 2015 | 289 | 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 127 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 358 | 14th lowest of 15 · 161% of median | 156 | 1.3 |
| 2017 | 495 | 15th lowest of 15 · 223% of median | 214 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1st lowest of 15 · 7% of median | 28 | 0.7 |
| 2019 | 257 | 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 129 | 1.3 |
| 2020 | 119 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 62 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 297 | 13th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 130 | 1.3 |
| 2022 | 168 | 6th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 119 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 236 | 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 126 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 121 | 4th lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 60 | 1.3 |
| 2025 | 177 | 7th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 89 | 1.3 |
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