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PARADISE VALLEY D 2

Structure dossier · WDID 2600791 · 1 · BEAR 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 1926-12-31 — 1412th 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: PARADISE VALLEY D 1 (1926-12-31). Immediately behind: PARADISE VALLEY D 3 (1926-12-31).

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
47847.281231926-12-311981-12-31 1.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 0 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 0 AF — —% of that, and 1st 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)
1986 6 9th lowest of 15 · —% of median 21 0.5
1987 149 14th lowest of 15 · —% of median 78 1.0
1995 109 13th lowest of 15 · —% of median 56 1.0
1999 41 10th lowest of 15 · —% of median 86 0.5
2004 0 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median 6 0.0
2005 0 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median 2 0.0
2007 0 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median 2 0.0
2014 0 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median 2 0.0
2016 248 15th lowest of 15 · —% of median 127 1.0
2017 77 12th lowest of 15 · —% of median 41 1.0
2018 0 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median 1 0.0
2019 54 11th lowest of 15 · —% of median 34 1.0
2020 0 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median 48 0.0
2021 0 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median 50 0.0
2022 0 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median 6 0.0

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