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ZINK SPRING NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 3001273 · 4 · SPRING GULCH · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:27 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 1920-12-31 — 856th 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: ZINK SPRING NO 1 (1920-12-31). Immediately behind: ZINK SPRING NO 3 (1920-12-31).

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
44925.259321920-12-311973-12-31 0.17780.0 CIRRFISDOMSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 89 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1997, came in at 60 AF — 67% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 15 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)
1974 98 12th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 365 0.2
1975 109 14th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 304 0.2
1983 18 1st lowest of 15 · 20% of median 61 0.2
1984 109 14th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 366 0.2
1985 97 11th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 304 0.2
1988 43 2nd lowest of 15 · 48% of median 205 0.1
1989 89 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 365 0.1
1990 85 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 365 0.1
1991 68 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 365 0.1
1992 80 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 366 0.1
1993 95 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 365 0.1
1994 101 13th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 365 0.1
1995 92 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 365 0.1
1996 77 5th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 366 0.1
1997 60 3rd lowest of 15 · 67% of median 304 0.1

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