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SAM LUCERO D

Structure dossier · WDID 2400580 · 1 · CULEBRA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:04 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 1931-06-12 — 193rd 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: CHAMA D EXT (1931-03-29). Immediately behind: W0942 WELL NO 06 (1931-07-02).

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
29747.01931-06-121935-02-11 0.810.0 CIRRDOM 1934-34

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 20 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 2 AF — 10% of that, and 5th 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)
2009 141 14th lowest of 15 · 705% of median 91 2.0
2010 180 15th lowest of 15 · 900% of median 90 2.0
2013 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2014 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2015 63 13th lowest of 15 · 315% of median 40 0.8
2016 20 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 19 0.6
2017 42 12th lowest of 15 · 210% of median 34 0.8
2018 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 6 0.0
2019 31 10th lowest of 15 · 155% of median 38 0.8
2020 21 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 25 0.8
2021 41 11th lowest of 15 · 205% of median 38 0.8
2022 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 14 0.0
2023 14 7th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 19 0.8
2024 4 6th lowest of 15 · 20% of median 10 0.4
2025 2 5th lowest of 15 · 10% of median 14 0.3

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 2907 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 18% of the irrigation seasons in 1951-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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