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PALMER SPRINKLER SYSTEM

Structure dossier · WDID 3001292 · 8 · COTTONWOOD GULCH · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:30 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 1973-07-15 — 926th 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: TWILIGHT SPRING (1970-07-28). Immediately behind: PALMER SPRINKLER SYS AP (1973-07-15).

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
45655.451211973-07-151975-12-31 1.50.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 85 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 62 AF — 73% 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)
2011 187 14th lowest of 15 · 220% of median 130 0.8
2012 115 11th lowest of 15 · 135% of median 82 0.8
2013 52 1st lowest of 15 · 61% of median 49 0.8
2014 146 13th lowest of 15 · 172% of median 108 0.8
2015 83 4th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 66 0.8
2016 103 10th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 83 0.8
2017 195 15th lowest of 15 · 229% of median 138 0.8
2018 85 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 70 0.8
2019 122 12th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 94 0.8
2020 85 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 74 0.8
2021 83 4th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 74 0.8
2022 94 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 79 0.8
2023 83 4th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 73 0.8
2024 52 1st lowest of 15 · 61% of median 46 0.8
2025 62 3rd lowest of 15 · 73% of median 52 0.8

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.