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FRANCISCO SANCHEZ D

Structure dossier · WDID 2400544 · 1 · CULEBRA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:58 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 1858-03-31 — 14th 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: CERRO D (1857-11-30). Immediately behind: MESTAS D (1858-05-31).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
3012.01858-03-311889-06-14 12.50.0 CIRR 12

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,066 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 561 AF — 53% of that, and 1st 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 879 3rd lowest of 15 · 82% of median 107 6.2
2012 1,066 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 87 6.2
2013 2,006 11th lowest of 15 · 188% of median 173 6.2
2014 2,190 12th lowest of 15 · 205% of median 201 6.3
2015 1,783 10th lowest of 15 · 167% of median 158 6.2
2016 2,382 14th lowest of 15 · 224% of median 199 6.2
2017 3,140 15th lowest of 15 · 295% of median 244 12.5
2018 955 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 94 6.2
2019 1,587 9th lowest of 15 · 149% of median 146 10.3
2020 902 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 89 6.2
2021 2,348 13th lowest of 15 · 220% of median 215 6.2
2022 1,040 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 132 6.2
2023 880 4th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 112 6.2
2024 824 2nd lowest of 15 · 77% of median 88 6.2
2025 561 1st lowest of 15 · 53% of median 172 6.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 11895 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 73% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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