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FOREST LAKES WELL #1

Structure dossier · WDID 3105112 · 2 · LOS PINOS RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 05:26 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 1972-06-07 — 495th 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: LAKE VISTA ESTS UNIT 2 W (1972-05-23). Immediately behind: FOREST LAKES WELL #2 (1972-06-07).

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
44925.447181972-06-071973-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNFIRDOM

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 39 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2020, came in at 150 AF — 385% of that, and 15th 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)
1998 48 12th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 365 0.1
1999 43 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 365 0.1
2000 43 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 366 0.1
2001 53 13th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 365 0.1
2002 57 14th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 365 0.1
2003 39 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 365 0.1
2004 37 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 366 0.1
2005 33 4th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 307 0.1
2006 36 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 365 0.1
2007 40 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 365 0.1
2008 32 3rd lowest of 15 · 82% of median 339 0.1
2009 33 4th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 365 0.1
2010 26 2nd lowest of 15 · 67% of median 284 0.1
2019 19 1st lowest of 15 · 49% of median 61 0.2
2020 150 15th lowest of 15 · 385% of median 305 0.4

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 10809 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1981-2020 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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