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BIG MEADOW D
Structure dossier · WDID 2600505 · 1 · SAGUACHE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:54 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 in line
Priority 1867-03-07 — 10th most senior of the 1548 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: RUSSELL CO D (1866-05-15). Immediately behind: STAR D (1867-03-07).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6275.0 | 1867-03-07 | 1889-11-23 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 5 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,501 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,690 AF — 113% 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 | 1,750 | 11th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 241 | 5.0 |
| 2012 | 1,975 | 15th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 227 | 5.0 |
| 2013 | 1,375 | 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 209 | 5.0 |
| 2014 | 1,508 | 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 313 | 5.0 |
| 2015 | 1,053 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 248 | 5.0 |
| 2016 | 1,135 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 218 | 5.0 |
| 2017 | 1,229 | 5th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 215 | 5.0 |
| 2018 | 1,917 | 14th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 274 | 5.0 |
| 2019 | 1,299 | 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 154 | 25.5 |
| 2020 | 1,854 | 13th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 349 | 5.0 |
| 2021 | 1,769 | 12th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 321 | 5.0 |
| 2022 | 1,000 | 1st lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 139 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 1,501 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 205 | 12.0 |
| 2024 | 1,223 | 4th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 202 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 1,690 | 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 240 | 5.7 |
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