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MCLEOD D NO 4 & 5
Structure dossier · WDID 2700714 · 1 · LA GARITA CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:41 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 get called out?
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 1880-04-22 — 21st 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: CASCIAS D (1879-06-30). Immediately behind: FELTON D (1878-12-31).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11070.0 | 1880-04-22 | 1882-03-23 | 1.56 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 34 |
| 11109.0 | 1880-05-31 | 1882-03-23 | 1.56 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 35 |
| 20970.0 | 1907-06-01 | 2019-12-31 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 12 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 325 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 295 AF — 91% of that, and 5th lowest of the 12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 351 | 7th lowest of 12 · 108% of median | 214 | 5.3 |
| 2015 | 636 | 10th lowest of 12 · 196% of median | 120 | 3.6 |
| 2016 | 566 | 9th lowest of 12 · 174% of median | 143 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 814 | 12th lowest of 12 · 250% of median | 169 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 4 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 808 | 11th lowest of 12 · 249% of median | 148 | 7.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 19 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 237 | 4th lowest of 12 · 73% of median | 58 | 3.1 |
| 2022 | 138 | 3rd lowest of 12 · 42% of median | 45 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 556 | 8th lowest of 12 · 171% of median | 106 | 9.0 |
| 2024 | 299 | 6th lowest of 12 · 92% of median | 202 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | 295 | 5th lowest of 12 · 91% of median | 132 | 5.3 |
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