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BIEDELL D NO 10
Structure dossier · WDID 2700502 · 1 · LA GARITA CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:58 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 1870-05-31 — 6th most senior of the 1304 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: LA LOMA D (1870-04-01). Immediately behind: HOME D NO 1 (1871-04-30).
Decreed rights (18)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7456.0 | 1870-05-31 | 1882-03-23 | 1.95 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 1 |
| 7456.0 | 1870-05-31 | 1882-03-23 | 0.65 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 2 |
| 7760.0 | 1871-03-31 | 1882-03-23 | 1.04 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 3 |
| 7821.0 | 1871-05-31 | 1882-03-23 | 1.04 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 6 |
| 8187.0 | 1872-05-31 | 1882-03-23 | 1.04 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 10 |
| 8187.0 | 1872-05-31 | 1882-03-23 | 1.04 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 11 |
| 8187.0 | 1872-05-31 | 1882-03-23 | 1.56 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 12 |
| 8187.0 | 1872-05-31 | 1882-03-23 | 1.47 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 13 |
| 8766.0 | 1873-12-31 | 1882-03-23 | 1.63 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 15 |
| 8766.0 | 1873-12-31 | 1882-03-23 | 0.98 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 16 |
| 8886.0 | 1874-04-30 | 1882-03-23 | 1.04 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 17 |
| 9282.0 | 1875-05-31 | 1882-03-23 | 0.52 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 21 |
| 9496.0 | 1875-12-31 | 1882-03-23 | 0.78 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 23A |
| 10013.0 | 1877-05-31 | 1882-03-23 | 0.78 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 24 |
| 10378.0 | 1878-05-31 | 1882-03-23 | 0.26 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 27 |
| 12784.0 | 1884-12-31 | 1911-10-23 | 7.97 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 60E |
| 50038.49844 | 1986-06-20 | 1987-12-31 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 52595.46326 | 1976-11-01 | 1994-12-31 | 9.0 | 0.0 | C | RCH |
Legal record & documents
24 decreed actions on record across
9 court cases:
94CW0007, 01CW0002, 87CW0004, CA0601, W3258, CA1056, 93CW0014, 14CW0001, 03/23/1882.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
94CW0007 | 2 | 1994-12-31 | S |
01CW0002 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
87CW0004 | 1 | 1987-12-31 | S |
CA0601 | 1 | 1911-10-23 | S |
W3258 | 2 | 1882-03-23 | O |
CA1056 | 10 | 1882-03-23 | O |
93CW0014 | 4 | 1882-03-23 | O |
14CW0001 | 1 | 1882-03-23 | O |
03/23/1882 | 2 | 1882-03-23 | 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 2,930 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 2,277 AF — 78% 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 | 1,201 | 1st lowest of 15 · 41% of median | 231 | 5.4 |
| 2012 | 1,217 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 42% of median | 216 | 7.2 |
| 2013 | 2,959 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 216 | 14.8 |
| 2014 | 2,930 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 220 | 15.0 |
| 2015 | 4,921 | 15th lowest of 15 · 168% of median | 233 | 22.4 |
| 2016 | 3,626 | 12th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 253 | 21.6 |
| 2017 | 4,097 | 14th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 292 | 22.5 |
| 2018 | 1,385 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 47% of median | 260 | 6.8 |
| 2019 | 4,095 | 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 288 | 21.6 |
| 2020 | 2,352 | 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 365 | 7.7 |
| 2021 | 3,357 | 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 336 | 16.9 |
| 2022 | 3,303 | 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 365 | 14.3 |
| 2023 | 2,801 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 273 | 18.0 |
| 2024 | 2,827 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 257 | 18.5 |
| 2025 | 2,277 | 4th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 224 | 16.8 |
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 | 18 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 19857 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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