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LUENGEN D
Structure dossier · WDID 2600588 · 1 · SAGUACHE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:48 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 1880-05-01 — 136th 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: OSGOOD D (1880-04-01). Immediately behind: SHEEP CREEK NO 777 D (1880-05-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11079.0 | 1880-05-01 | 1889-11-23 | 9.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 91 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 166 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 166 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 30 | 7th lowest of 15 · 18% of median | 6 | 3.0 |
| 1979 | 1,156 | 11th lowest of 15 · 696% of median | 110 | 10.0 |
| 1980 | 568 | 9th lowest of 15 · 342% of median | 82 | 11.2 |
| 1982 | 1,745 | 12th lowest of 15 · 1051% of median | 45 | 20.0 |
| 1983 | 2,389 | 15th lowest of 15 · 1439% of median | 147 | 25.0 |
| 1984 | 2,208 | 14th lowest of 15 · 1330% of median | 84 | 30.0 |
| 1985 | 879 | 10th lowest of 15 · 530% of median | 93 | 9.0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 1987 | 1,821 | 13th lowest of 15 · 1097% of median | 72 | 18.0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 166 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 80 | 1.5 |
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