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MARTINEZ AND MARTINEZ D

Structure dossier · WDID 2900662 · 1 · RIO BLANCO · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:52 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

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 1931-05-01 — 204th 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: ECHO RESERVOIR (1929-08-31). Immediately behind: MARTINEZ AND MARTINEZ DITCH AP (1931-05-01).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
29705.01931-05-011962-04-19 3.00.0 CIRR #294
42885.01967-06-011968-12-19 2.00.0 CIRR 68-290

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 374 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 158 AF — 42% of that, and 4th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

YearDiverted (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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 516 13th lowest of 15 · 138% of median — 100 4.1
2012 154 3rd lowest of 15 · 41% of median — 78 1.5
2013 493 12th lowest of 15 · 132% of median — 117 4.4
2014 123 2nd lowest of 15 · 33% of median — 60 3.4
2015 734 15th lowest of 15 · 196% of median — 142 5.1
2016 254 7th lowest of 15 · 68% of median — 88 2.7
2017 626 14th lowest of 15 · 167% of median — 158 3.7
2018 253 6th lowest of 15 · 68% of median — 174 2.7
2019 432 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median — 153 3.6
2020 374 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 172 2.2
2021 408 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median — 112 3.5
2022 457 11th lowest of 15 · 122% of median — 67 5.1
2023 233 5th lowest of 15 · 62% of median — 130 3.7
2024 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median — 5 0.0
2025 158 4th lowest of 15 · 42% of median — 107 1.6

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