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Structure dossier · WDID 2900621 · 1 · WEST FORK SAN JUAN RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1898-10-15 — 134th most senior of the 853 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: SQUARE TOP DITCH (1889-06-01). Immediately behind: WHITE CREEK NO 1 DITCH (1899-06-01).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19012.1782 | 1898-10-15 | 1912-11-13 | 2.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | #158 |
| 41016.39963 | 1959-06-01 | 1968-12-19 | 5.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 68-150 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 150 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 299 AF — 199% of that, and 14th 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 | 156 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 128 | 2.4 |
| 2012 | 150 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 118 | 1.9 |
| 2013 | 96 | 7th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 136 | 1.1 |
| 2014 | 46 | 5th lowest of 15 · 31% of median | 100 | 0.7 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1st lowest of 15 · 3% of median | 29 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | 37 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 25% of median | 115 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | 54 | 6th lowest of 15 · 36% of median | 162 | 0.4 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 7% of median | 62 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 440 | 15th lowest of 15 · 293% of median | 144 | 7.7 |
| 2020 | 268 | 13th lowest of 15 · 179% of median | 101 | 3.5 |
| 2021 | 218 | 12th lowest of 15 · 145% of median | 87 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 208 | 11th lowest of 15 · 139% of median | 145 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 171 | 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 124 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 38 | 4th lowest of 15 · 25% of median | 66 | 0.8 |
| 2025 | 299 | 14th lowest of 15 · 199% of median | 85 | 3.9 |
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