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Structure dossier · WDID 3100504 · 1 · DRY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:57 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 1868-07-25 — 67th most senior of the 1037 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: COMMISSIONER DITCH (1868-07-25). Immediately behind: LA BOCA DITCH (1868-07-25).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6781.0 | 1868-07-25 | 1930-10-25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | P-1 |
| 52960.18627 | 1900-12-31 | 1995-12-31 | 8.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Legal record & documents
2 decreed actions on record across
2 court cases:
95CW0098, CA7736.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
95CW0098 | 1 | 1995-12-31 | S |
CA7736 | 1 | 1930-10-25 | 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 208 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2017, came in at 208 AF — 100% of that, and 7th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 364 | 11th lowest of 15 · 175% of median | 154 | 1.2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 12 | 0.0 |
| 2004 | 590 | 14th lowest of 15 · 284% of median | 143 | 2.4 |
| 2005 | 637 | 15th lowest of 15 · 306% of median | 149 | 2.4 |
| 2006 | 454 | 12th lowest of 15 · 218% of median | 154 | 2.0 |
| 2007 | 477 | 13th lowest of 15 · 229% of median | 140 | 1.9 |
| 2008 | 208 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 54 | 2.1 |
| 2010 | 130 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 62% of median | 116 | 1.0 |
| 2011 | 174 | 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 113 | 1.4 |
| 2012 | 185 | 5th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 131 | 1.4 |
| 2013 | 128 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 62% of median | 114 | 1.2 |
| 2014 | 285 | 10th lowest of 15 · 137% of median | 119 | 1.8 |
| 2015 | 230 | 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 120 | 2.2 |
| 2016 | 199 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 124 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 208 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 105 | 1.8 |
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 B (8/10 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 | 2 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 8135 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 56% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2017 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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.