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BAUER RESERVOIR NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 3403586 · 3 · CHICKEN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:23 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 1902-10-07 — 203rd most senior of the 495 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: WEBER RESERVOIR (1902-06-05). Immediately behind: BAUER RESERVOIR NO 1 (1903-04-19).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
19272.01902-10-071933-12-18 1073.00.0 AIRR R-3
30671.01933-12-221963-03-22 0.00.0 AIRROTH R62-13

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,025 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2006, came in at 809 AF — 79% of that, and 6th 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)
1992 1,097 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median — 94 6.1
1993 1,370 15th lowest of 15 · 134% of median — 83 9.4
1994 1,100 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median — 89 7.0
1995 1,137 12th lowest of 15 · 111% of median — 70 8.5
1996 1,025 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 96 8.7
1997 651 3rd lowest of 15 · 64% of median — 42 8.0
1998 759 4th lowest of 15 · 74% of median — 61 8.2
1999 789 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median — 136 3.0
2000 627 2nd lowest of 15 · 61% of median — 93 4.3
2001 1,134 11th lowest of 15 · 111% of median — 110 5.5
2002 407 1st lowest of 15 · 40% of median — 29 9.0
2003 1,282 13th lowest of 15 · 125% of median — 173 5.5
2004 1,325 14th lowest of 15 · 129% of median — 194 6.4
2005 912 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median — 77 6.1
2006 809 6th lowest of 15 · 79% of median — 123 5.3

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