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Structure dossier · WDID 2700522 · 1 · LA GARITA CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:04 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 1871-04-30 — 7th 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: BIEDELL D NO 10 (1870-05-31). Immediately behind: SHOWN D (1871-04-30).
Decreed rights (11)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7790.0 | 1871-04-30 | 1882-03-23 | 1.3 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 4 |
| 7821.0 | 1871-05-31 | 1882-03-23 | 0.78 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 5 |
| 8156.0 | 1872-04-30 | 1882-03-23 | 0.65 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 7 |
| 8156.0 | 1872-04-30 | 1882-03-23 | 0.83 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 8 |
| 8886.0 | 1874-04-30 | 1882-03-23 | 1.04 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 18 |
| 9100.0 | 1874-11-30 | 1882-03-23 | 1.3 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 20 |
| 9282.0 | 1875-05-31 | 1882-03-23 | 0.78 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 22 |
| 11770.10379 | 1878-06-01 | 1911-10-23 | 1.3 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 53 |
| 12784.0 | 1884-12-31 | 1911-10-23 | 13.17 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 60F |
| 52595.46326 | 1976-11-01 | 1994-12-31 | 9.0 | 0.0 | C | RCH | |
| 52742.0 | 1994-05-27 | 1901-12-31 | 2.3 | 0.0 | C | RCH |
Legal record & documents
34 decreed actions on record across
5 court cases:
94CW0008, 01CW0005, CA1056, 94CW0005, 03/23/1882.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
94CW0008 | 2 | 1994-12-31 | S |
01CW0005 | 2 | 1994-12-31 | S |
CA1056 | 12 | 1911-10-23 | O, S |
94CW0005 | 17 | 1911-10-23 | O, S |
03/23/1882 | 1 | 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 3,488 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 3,030 AF — 87% of that, and 7th 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 | 1,709 | 4th lowest of 15 · 49% of median | 355 | 5.6 |
| 2012 | 1,345 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 247 | 11.2 |
| 2013 | 2,832 | 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 362 | 25.9 |
| 2014 | 4,009 | 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 365 | 26.0 |
| 2015 | 5,879 | 15th lowest of 15 · 168% of median | 309 | 33.0 |
| 2016 | 5,477 | 14th lowest of 15 · 157% of median | 253 | 40.4 |
| 2017 | 4,866 | 12th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 277 | 26.7 |
| 2018 | 856 | 1st lowest of 15 · 24% of median | 180 | 7.6 |
| 2019 | 4,888 | 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 365 | 24.4 |
| 2020 | 1,164 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 33% of median | 362 | 5.5 |
| 2021 | 2,847 | 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 345 | 20.8 |
| 2022 | 3,488 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 365 | 31.4 |
| 2023 | 3,659 | 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 365 | 22.4 |
| 2024 | 3,966 | 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 366 | 33.4 |
| 2025 | 3,030 | 7th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 304 | 24.6 |
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 | 11 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 19731 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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