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SMITH HIGHLINE NO 1 D
Structure dossier · WDID 3001220 · 1 · SALT CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:38 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.
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 1905-06-10 — 392nd most senior of the 2277 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: WEST LATERAL DITCH (1905-05-01). Immediately behind: CLARK DITCH (1906-04-01).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20249.0 | 1905-06-10 | 1923-11-08 | 0.9375 | 0.0 | C | IRR | F-66 |
| 20895.0 | 1907-03-18 | 1923-11-08 | 1.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | F-69 |
| 21762.0 | 1909-08-01 | 1923-11-08 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | F-79 |
| 22019.0 | 1910-04-15 | 1923-11-08 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | F-82 |
| 52230.34332 | 1943-12-31 | 1993-12-31 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,338 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,251 AF — 94% of that, and 5th 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 | 1,665 | 11th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 148 | 10.1 |
| 2012 | 1,327 | 6th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 162 | 7.3 |
| 2013 | 1,859 | 15th lowest of 15 · 139% of median | 141 | 12.0 |
| 2014 | 1,557 | 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 156 | 6.7 |
| 2015 | 1,072 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 152 | 6.5 |
| 2016 | 1,112 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 142 | 6.2 |
| 2017 | 1,688 | 12th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 146 | 8.0 |
| 2018 | 1,065 | 1st lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 113 | 7.5 |
| 2019 | 1,795 | 14th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 147 | 7.6 |
| 2020 | 1,338 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 164 | 7.0 |
| 2021 | 1,247 | 4th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 136 | 7.0 |
| 2022 | 1,461 | 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 136 | 7.8 |
| 2023 | 1,334 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 147 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 1,725 | 13th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 149 | 9.4 |
| 2025 | 1,251 | 5th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 154 | 5.0 |
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