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WARM SPRING PIPE LINE

Structure dossier · WDID 2900750 · 7 · RIO BLANCO · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:10 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 1944-12-31 — 239th 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: DRY GULCH DITCH - USFS (1944-10-06). Immediately behind: SAN JUAN DITCH (1946-12-31).

Decreed rights (1)

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
34698.01944-12-311962-04-19 0.00450.0 CSTK SP-9

Recorded use (last 14 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 38 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1988, came in at 42 AF — 110% of that, and 8th lowest of the 14 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
1965 363 14th lowest of 14 · 955% of median 184 1.0
1975 65 12th lowest of 14 · 171% of median 122 0.5
1976 72 13th lowest of 14 · 190% of median 151 0.5
1977 64 11th lowest of 14 · 168% of median 161 0.2
1978 34 7th lowest of 14 · 90% of median 119 0.2
1979 30 5th lowest of 14 · 79% of median 88 0.2
1980 25 3rd lowest of 14 · 66% of median 111 0.2
1981 22 2nd lowest of 14 · 58% of median 83 0.2
1982 47 9th lowest of 14 · 124% of median 141 0.2
1983 53 10th lowest of 14 · 140% of median 128 0.5
1984 31 6th lowest of 14 · 82% of median 123 0.2
1986 28 4th lowest of 14 · 74% of median 143 0.2
1987 14 1st lowest of 14 · 37% of median 139 0.1
1988 42 8th lowest of 14 · 110% of median 153 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 1846 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 37% of the irrigation seasons in 1965-1988 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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