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HUGHES D 1
Structure dossier · WDID 3500527 · 1 · TRINCHERA CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:46 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 1863-05-31 — 14th 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: HOFFMAN D (1863-05-31). Immediately behind: JUEL D (1863-05-31).
Decreed rights (16)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4899.0 | 1863-05-31 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 2 |
| 4899.0 | 1863-05-31 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 4 |
| 6361.0 | 1867-06-01 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 7 |
| 7121.0 | 1869-06-30 | 1899-12-15 | 1.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 10 |
| 7791.0 | 1871-05-01 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 14 |
| 8156.0 | 1872-04-30 | 1899-12-15 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 17 |
| 8187.0 | 1872-05-31 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 24 |
| 8340.0 | 1872-10-31 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 25 |
| 8522.0 | 1873-05-01 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 26 |
| 9039.0 | 1874-09-30 | 1899-12-15 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 28 |
| 12219.0 | 1883-06-15 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 36 |
| 14365.0 | 1889-04-30 | 1899-12-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 42 |
| 18720.18719 | 1901-04-02 | 1902-09-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 47 |
| 19237.1534 | 1891-12-31 | 1915-01-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 56 |
| 26806.0 | 1923-05-24 | 1933-12-08 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 97 |
| 26818.0 | 1923-06-05 | 1933-12-08 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 98 |
Legal record & documents
25 decreed actions on record across
5 court cases:
82CW0114, CA2007, CA0855, CA0724, 12/15/1899.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
82CW0114 | 20 | 1933-12-08 | O, S |
CA2007 | 1 | 1899-12-15 | O |
CA0855 | 2 | 1899-12-15 | O |
CA0724 | 1 | 1899-12-15 | O |
12/15/1899 | 1 | 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 1,360 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 866 AF — 64% of that, and 6th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,383 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 214 | 7.1 |
| 2011 | 329 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 24% of median | 91 | 5.0 |
| 2012 | 298 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 22% of median | 61 | 5.4 |
| 2013 | 598 | 4th lowest of 15 · 44% of median | 123 | 3.8 |
| 2014 | 1,632 | 14th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 214 | 8.6 |
| 2015 | 1,636 | 15th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 214 | 5.6 |
| 2016 | 1,580 | 12th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 195 | 5.9 |
| 2017 | 1,505 | 11th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 214 | 6.2 |
| 2018 | 1,360 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 217 | 6.8 |
| 2019 | 1,627 | 13th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 202 | 6.8 |
| 2020 | 233 | 1st lowest of 15 · 17% of median | 182 | 3.6 |
| 2021 | 1,392 | 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 215 | 6.2 |
| 2022 | 817 | 5th lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 227 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 922 | 7th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 216 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 866 | 6th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 214 | 6.9 |
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 | 16 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 11560 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 73% of the irrigation seasons in 1951-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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