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VALLEJOS D
Structure dossier · WDID 2400594 · 1 · VALLEJOS CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:49 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 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 1854-03-31 — 9th 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: MONTEZ D (1853-08-31). Immediately behind: ACEQUIACITA D (1855-04-30).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1551.0 | 1854-03-31 | 1889-06-14 | 17.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 5 |
| 17592.0 | 1898-03-01 | 1905-12-14 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 58 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 3,159 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 2,967 AF — 94% of that, and 4th 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 | 2,636 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 226 | 8.5 |
| 2012 | 3,157 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 270 | 10.0 |
| 2013 | 3,425 | 11th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 287 | 15.3 |
| 2014 | 3,998 | 12th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | 365 | 21.7 |
| 2015 | 4,321 | 15th lowest of 15 · 137% of median | 334 | 18.5 |
| 2016 | 4,224 | 14th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 313 | 16.3 |
| 2017 | 4,198 | 13th lowest of 15 · 133% of median | 329 | 15.2 |
| 2018 | 2,603 | 1st lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 336 | 8.3 |
| 2019 | 3,221 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 240 | 15.5 |
| 2020 | 2,786 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 268 | 8.5 |
| 2021 | 3,101 | 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 365 | 10.0 |
| 2022 | 2,990 | 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 328 | 8.5 |
| 2023 | 3,305 | 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 264 | 12.2 |
| 2024 | 3,159 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 269 | 12.9 |
| 2025 | 2,967 | 4th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 225 | 10.0 |
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