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RITO BLANCO POND

Structure dossier · WDID 2903774 · 3 · RITO BLANCO · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:35 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 1985-07-31 — 546th 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: RIO DEL SOL SYSTEM (1984-12-31). Immediately behind: EAST FK SAN JUAN R MIN F (1987-05-15).

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
50038.49521985-07-311987-12-31 3.70.0 AIRRFIS

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 398 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2010, came in at 428 AF — 108% of that, and 11th 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)
1996 714 15th lowest of 15 · 179% of median — 366 3.1
1997 645 14th lowest of 15 · 162% of median — 365 2.4
1998 485 12th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 62 304 1.5
1999 7 1st lowest of 15 · 2% of median 593 87 0.1
2000 86 2nd lowest of 15 · 22% of median 437 61 0.7
2001 548 13th lowest of 15 · 138% of median — 352 1.8
2002 323 7th lowest of 15 · 81% of median — 321 1.0
2003 398 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 343 2.2
2004 216 5th lowest of 15 · 54% of median — 349 0.6
2005 423 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median — 365 2.3
2006 405 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median — 334 1.0
2007 212 4th lowest of 15 · 53% of median — 232 0.7
2008 216 5th lowest of 15 · 54% of median — 196 0.7
2009 132 3rd lowest of 15 · 33% of median — 193 0.7
2010 428 11th lowest of 15 · 108% of median — 189 2.4

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 4531 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1994-2010 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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