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Structure dossier · WDID 2700545 · 1 · CARNERO CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:58 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 1871-04-30 — 8th 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: HOME D NO 1 (1871-04-30). Immediately behind: CURBY D 2 (1872-05-05).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 | 0.52 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 9 |
| 7790.0 | 1871-04-30 | 1882-03-23 | 0.52 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 10 |
| 7790.0 | 1871-04-30 | 1882-03-23 | 0.52 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 11 |
| 8279.0 | 1872-08-31 | 1882-03-23 | 0.52 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 14 |
| 12784.0 | 1884-12-31 | 1911-10-23 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 60G |
| 50403.48698 | 1983-05-01 | 1988-12-31 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 52595.46326 | 1976-11-01 | 1994-12-31 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | RCH |
Legal record & documents
7 decreed actions on record across
3 court cases:
94CW0008, 88CW0003, CA1110.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
94CW0008 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
88CW0003 | 1 | 1988-12-31 | S |
CA1110 | 5 | 1911-10-23 | O, S |
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 685 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 540 AF — 79% 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 | 793 | 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 277 | 4.8 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 18 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 71 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 10% of median | 84 | 1.5 |
| 2014 | 660 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 167 | 2.9 |
| 2015 | 1,097 | 12th lowest of 15 · 160% of median | 195 | 4.8 |
| 2016 | 1,331 | 13th lowest of 15 · 194% of median | 254 | 4.6 |
| 2017 | 1,408 | 14th lowest of 15 · 206% of median | 285 | 6.0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 19 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 1,699 | 15th lowest of 15 · 248% of median | 293 | 7.2 |
| 2020 | 635 | 6th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 163 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | 1,079 | 11th lowest of 15 · 158% of median | 232 | 4.2 |
| 2022 | 594 | 5th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 140 | 6.5 |
| 2023 | 685 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 90 | 8.8 |
| 2024 | 777 | 9th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 160 | 7.4 |
| 2025 | 540 | 4th lowest of 15 · 79% of median | 246 | 4.6 |
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 | 7 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 12580 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 95% of the irrigation seasons in 1964-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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