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CURBY D 2
Structure dossier · WDID 2700509 · 1 · LA GARITA 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 1872-05-05 — 9th 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: SHOWN D (1871-04-30). Immediately behind: WILSON D NO 4 (1872-08-31).
Decreed rights (6)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8161.0 | 1872-05-05 | 1882-03-23 | 0.65 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 9 |
| 10651.0 | 1879-02-28 | 1882-03-23 | 0.78 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 29 |
| 10651.0 | 1879-02-28 | 1882-03-23 | 0.78 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 30 |
| 11016.0 | 1880-02-28 | 1882-03-23 | 1.04 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 32 |
| 11016.0 | 1880-02-28 | 1882-03-23 | 1.04 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 33 |
| 61072.0 | 2017-03-17 | 2017-12-31 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 231 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 273 AF — 118% of that, and 11th 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 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 10 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | 77 | 7th lowest of 15 · 33% of median | 57 | 1.5 |
| 2013 | 37 | 5th lowest of 15 · 16% of median | 107 | 0.4 |
| 2014 | 231 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 117 | 3.5 |
| 2015 | 60 | 6th lowest of 15 · 26% of median | 155 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | 623 | 15th lowest of 15 · 270% of median | 143 | 3.0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 32 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 14% of median | 35 | 0.6 |
| 2019 | 584 | 14th lowest of 15 · 253% of median | 137 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | 34 | 4th lowest of 15 · 15% of median | 58 | 0.6 |
| 2021 | 464 | 13th lowest of 15 · 201% of median | 113 | 5.6 |
| 2022 | 246 | 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 123 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 267 | 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 96 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 282 | 12th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 89 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 273 | 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 88 | 3.6 |
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