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Structure dossier · WDID 3001614 · 1 · FLORIDA RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:49 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 in line

Priority 1998-09-18 — 1560th 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: GAINS SPRING NO 2 (1998-05-31). Immediately behind: CABIN POND DITCH (1998-09-18).

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
54317.01998-09-181998-12-31 1.00.0 CIRRRECFISFIRDOMSTKWLD

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 66 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 46 AF — 70% of that, and 2nd 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)
2011 90 13th lowest of 15 · 136% of median — 365 0.2
2012 90 13th lowest of 15 · 136% of median — 366 0.3
2013 53 4th lowest of 15 · 80% of median — 365 0.2
2014 56 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median — 365 0.1
2015 79 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median — 365 0.2
2016 73 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median — 366 0.2
2017 121 15th lowest of 15 · 183% of median — 365 0.2
2018 60 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median — 365 0.1
2019 74 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median — 359 0.2
2020 60 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median — 305 0.2
2021 40 1st lowest of 15 · 61% of median — 269 0.1
2022 66 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 340 0.2
2023 76 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median — 365 0.2
2024 49 3rd lowest of 15 · 74% of median — 319 0.2
2025 46 2nd lowest of 15 · 70% of median — 241 0.2

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.