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Structure dossier · WDID 3003581 · 3 · FLORIDA RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:53 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 1881-06-15 — 306th 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: NEWBOLD PUMP AND PL (1881-06-15). Immediately behind: TAGGART DITCH (1882-03-01).
Decreed rights (8)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11489.0 | 1881-06-15 | 1923-11-08 | 35.9 | 0.0 | A | STOAUG | F-12 |
| 16178.0 | 1894-04-17 | 1923-11-08 | 22.4 | 0.0 | A | STOAUG | F-32 |
| 16181.0 | 1894-04-20 | 1923-11-08 | 4.4 | 0.0 | A | STOAUG | F-35 |
| 16182.0 | 1894-04-21 | 1923-11-08 | 28.4 | 0.0 | A | STOAUG | F-36 |
| 16183.0 | 1894-04-22 | 1923-11-08 | 9.8 | 0.0 | A | STOAUG | F-37 |
| 22044.0 | 1910-05-10 | 1923-11-08 | 13.0 | 0.0 | A | STOAUG | F-83 |
| 31572.0 | 1936-06-10 | 1966-03-21 | 40240.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRFISDOMSTKOTH | RES65-4 |
| 51499.42185 | 1965-07-01 | 1991-12-31 | 11646.0 | 28554.0 | A | IRRRECFISDOMSTKOTH |
Legal record & documents
12 decreed actions on record across
10 court cases:
07CW0091, 91CW0064, 06CW0087, CA1751-B, W1695, W1694, W1693, W1692, W1690, W1689.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
07CW0091 | 1 | 2007-12-31 | S |
91CW0064 | 2 | 1991-12-31 | S |
06CW0087 | 1 | 1991-12-31 | S |
CA1751-B | 1 | 1966-03-21 | S |
W1695 | 1 | 1923-11-08 | O |
W1694 | 1 | 1923-11-08 | O |
W1693 | 1 | 1923-11-08 | O |
W1692 | 1 | 1923-11-08 | O |
W1690 | 1 | 1923-11-08 | O |
W1689 | 2 | 1923-11-08 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 24,444 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 31,512 AF — 129% of that, and 13th 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.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25,863 | 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 29,843 | 365 | 573.8 |
| 2012 | 21,519 | 4th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 25,988 | 366 | 384.0 |
| 2013 | 23,368 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 13,882 | 365 | 359.4 |
| 2014 | 33,838 | 14th lowest of 15 · 138% of median | 28,501 | 365 | 489.6 |
| 2015 | 24,840 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 23,600 | 365 | 401.4 |
| 2016 | 23,748 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 20,779 | 366 | 456.8 |
| 2017 | 24,444 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 23,287 | 365 | 345.5 |
| 2018 | 8,155 | 1st lowest of 15 · 33% of median | 18,093 | 365 | 170.8 |
| 2019 | 36,906 | 15th lowest of 15 · 151% of median | 23,783 | 365 | 793.4 |
| 2020 | 14,688 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 19,174 | 366 | 313.7 |
| 2021 | 16,291 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 12,895 | 365 | 247.9 |
| 2022 | 22,547 | 5th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 19,524 | 365 | 478.8 |
| 2023 | 30,606 | 12th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 47,644 | 365 | 533.5 |
| 2024 | 28,282 | 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 17,823 | 366 | 333.0 |
| 2025 | 31,512 | 13th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 23,971 | 304 | 1441.9 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
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
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 8 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 10468 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1990-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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