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SANGRE CRISTO TRINCHERA

Structure dossier · WDID 3500570 · 1 · SANGRE DE CRISTO CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:09 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 — 19th 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: NEW SOUTH D (1863-05-31). Immediately behind: SANGRE DE CRISTO D (1863-05-31).

Decreed rights (8)

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
4899.01863-05-311899-12-15 0.00.0 CIRR 3
13210.01886-03-021899-12-15 0.00.0 CIRR 38
13818.01887-10-311899-12-15 25.00.0 CIRR 39
14761.01890-05-311899-12-15 3.00.0 CIRR 44
16546.01895-04-201899-12-15 0.00.0 CIRR 45
21376.01908-07-111915-01-04 43.00.0 CIRR 70
22377.01911-04-081915-01-04 0.00.0 AIRR 95
22386.01911-04-171915-01-04 0.00.0 CIRR 86

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 4,515 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 4,414 AF — 98% 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)
2009 18,908 15th lowest of 15 · 419% of median — 137 261.4
2010 5,253 9th lowest of 15 · 116% of median — 91 166.3
2012 2,294 3rd lowest of 15 · 51% of median — 91 28.8
2013 749 2nd lowest of 15 · 17% of median — 113 10.4
2014 3,213 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median — 121 26.5
2015 6,040 11th lowest of 15 · 134% of median — 159 53.1
2016 4,490 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median — 134 35.7
2017 7,598 13th lowest of 15 · 168% of median — 125 70.2
2018 656 1st lowest of 15 · 14% of median — 70 10.4
2019 8,774 14th lowest of 15 · 194% of median — 197 69.4
2020 4,515 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 220 45.1
2021 7,176 12th lowest of 15 · 159% of median — 205 65.9
2022 4,269 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median — 191 27.8
2023 5,922 10th lowest of 15 · 131% of median — 204 52.9
2024 4,414 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median — 169 44.6

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.