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VAL PUMP

Structure dossier · WDID 3200966 · 8 · MCELMO CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:42 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (f6d7fdc) — 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 1996-04-15 — 516th most senior of the 638 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: LUNDERS PUMPING STATION (1996-01-15). Immediately behind: RANCH PUMP (1996-04-18).

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
53431.01996-04-151996-12-31 0.10.4 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 13 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 0 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2010, came in at 0 AF — —% of that, and 1st lowest of the 13 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 33 13th lowest of 13 · —% of median 88 0.2
1999 0 1st lowest of 13 · —% of median 3 0.0
2000 8 12th lowest of 13 · —% of median 43 0.1
2001 5 11th lowest of 13 · —% of median 56 0.1
2002 0 1st lowest of 13 · —% of median 11 0.0
2003 0 1st lowest of 13 · —% of median 13 0.0
2004 0 1st lowest of 13 · —% of median 7 0.0
2005 0 1st lowest of 13 · —% of median 8 0.0
2006 0 1st lowest of 13 · —% of median 7 0.0
2007 0 1st lowest of 13 · —% of median 7 0.0
2008 0 1st lowest of 13 · —% of median 3 0.0
2009 0 1st lowest of 13 · —% of median 9 0.0
2010 0 1st lowest of 13 · —% of median 9 0.0

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 264 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 10% of the irrigation seasons in 1998-2010 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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