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FRED ETTER D
Structure dossier · WDID 3500518 · 1 · UTE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:48 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — 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 1860-05-31 — 3rd most senior of the 709 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: EAST RIDGE D (1860-05-31). Immediately behind: MEDINA D (1860-05-31).
Decreed rights (22)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3804.0 | 1860-05-31 | 1899-12-15 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 1 |
| 6726.0 | 1868-05-31 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 8 |
| 7791.0 | 1871-05-01 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 12 |
| 7791.0 | 1871-05-01 | 1899-12-15 | 0.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 11 |
| 7791.0 | 1871-05-01 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 13 |
| 7800.0 | 1871-05-10 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 15 |
| 7821.0 | 1871-05-31 | 1899-12-15 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 16 |
| 8157.0 | 1872-05-01 | 1899-12-15 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 18 |
| 8157.0 | 1872-05-01 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 19 |
| 8166.0 | 1872-05-10 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 22 |
| 8166.0 | 1872-05-10 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 21 |
| 8166.0 | 1872-05-10 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 20 |
| 8166.0 | 1872-05-10 | 1899-12-15 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 23 |
| 9588.0 | 1876-04-01 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 30 |
| 9648.0 | 1876-05-31 | 1899-12-15 | 0.37 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 31 |
| 12570.0 | 1884-05-31 | 1899-12-15 | 1.13 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 37 |
| 13971.0 | 1888-04-01 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 41 |
| 19237.14031 | 1888-05-31 | 1915-01-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 53 |
| 19237.19143 | 1902-05-31 | 1915-01-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 62 |
| 20939.0 | 1907-05-01 | 1915-01-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 65 |
| 22659.0 | 1912-01-15 | 1915-01-04 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 89 |
| 23448.0 | 1914-03-14 | 1915-01-04 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 93 |
Legal record & documents
54 decreed actions on record across
9 court cases:
W0179, CA2015, CA1534, CA1320, 82CW0115, 01/04/1915, W0400, CA0621, 12/15/1899.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W0179 | 18 | 1915-01-04 | O, S |
CA2015 | 9 | 1915-01-04 | O, S |
CA1534 | 4 | 1915-01-04 | O, S |
CA1320 | 1 | 1915-01-04 | S |
82CW0115 | 13 | 1915-01-04 | O, S |
01/04/1915 | 3 | 1915-01-04 | S |
W0400 | 2 | 1899-12-15 | O |
CA0621 | 1 | 1899-12-15 | O |
12/15/1899 | 3 | 1899-12-15 | 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 2,045 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,135 AF — 104% of that, and 11th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 937 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 46% of median | 142 | 6.4 |
| 2010 | 2,045 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 214 | 8.4 |
| 2011 | 1,651 | 4th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 214 | 7.3 |
| 2012 | 1,352 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 214 | 8.3 |
| 2013 | 1,651 | 4th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 156 | 8.5 |
| 2014 | 2,219 | 15th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 160 | 13.8 |
| 2015 | 2,139 | 12th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 197 | 11.6 |
| 2016 | 2,119 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 190 | 8.3 |
| 2017 | 2,122 | 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 189 | 6.1 |
| 2018 | 840 | 1st lowest of 15 · 41% of median | 195 | 9.5 |
| 2019 | 2,188 | 13th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 198 | 9.5 |
| 2021 | 2,198 | 14th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 204 | 7.1 |
| 2022 | 1,952 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 204 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 1,787 | 6th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 206 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 2,135 | 11th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 204 | 7.1 |
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 | 22 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 12187 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 76% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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