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SAN LUIS PEOPLES D
Structure dossier · WDID 2400586 · 1 · CULEBRA CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 03:50 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 1852-04-10 — 4th 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: SALAZAR D (1852-04-10). Immediately behind: SAN PEDRO D (1852-04-30).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 831.0 | 1852-04-10 | 1889-06-14 | 21.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 1 |
| 14433.0 | 1889-07-07 | 1905-12-14 | 3.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 46 |
Legal record & documents
5 decreed actions on record across
4 court cases:
CA0885, 12/14/1905, CA1390, 06/14/1889.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA0885 | 1 | 1935-02-11 | S |
12/14/1905 | 1 | 1905-12-14 | S |
CA1390 | 1 | 1889-06-14 | O |
06/14/1889 | 2 | 1889-06-14 | 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 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 5,218 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 5,313 AF — 102% of that, and 10th 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 | 4,529 | 1st lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 172 | 13.5 |
| 2012 | 5,498 | 14th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 300 | 13.5 |
| 2013 | 5,363 | 12th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 365 | 15.0 |
| 2014 | 5,300 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 365 | 16.3 |
| 2015 | 5,218 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 295 | 16.2 |
| 2016 | 5,134 | 4th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 341 | 16.1 |
| 2017 | 5,141 | 5th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 351 | 16.2 |
| 2018 | 5,194 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 365 | 12.5 |
| 2019 | 5,464 | 13th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 365 | 21.6 |
| 2020 | 5,141 | 5th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 366 | 16.2 |
| 2021 | 5,321 | 11th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 365 | 16.2 |
| 2022 | 5,546 | 15th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 363 | 16.5 |
| 2023 | 5,086 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 361 | 16.2 |
| 2024 | 4,785 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 366 | 16.2 |
| 2025 | 5,313 | 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 304 | 16.2 |
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 A (9/10 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 | 2 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 18253 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% 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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