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INDEPENDENT BLUE (ACORN)
Structure dossier · WDID 3600991 · 1 · ACORN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 04:35 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 1889-06-01 — 95th most senior of the 1247 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: WESTLAKE DITCH (1889-06-01). Immediately behind: KEYBASE WELL (1889-07-01).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14397.0 | 1889-06-01 | 1910-03-02 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 59 |
| 14793.0 | 1890-07-02 | 1910-03-02 | 1.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 74 |
| 14884.0 | 1890-10-01 | 1910-03-02 | 0.65 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 75 |
| 22965.22564 | 1911-10-12 | 1913-10-13 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 194 |
| 32075.2578 | 1920-08-01 | 1952-03-10 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 329 |
Legal record & documents
6 decreed actions on record across
2 court cases:
CA2380, 96CW0187.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA2380 | 5 | 1952-03-10 | O, S |
96CW0187 | 1 | 1913-10-13 | S |
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 356 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 425 AF — 119% of that, and 12th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 205 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 72 | 1.5 |
| 2006 | 312 | 6th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 156 | 2.7 |
| 2007 | 267 | 5th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 121 | 1.9 |
| 2008 | 356 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 159 | 2.0 |
| 2009 | 314 | 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 141 | 2.7 |
| 2010 | 246 | 4th lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 150 | 1.3 |
| 2013 | 383 | 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 65 | 3.6 |
| 2015 | 364 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 103 | 5.7 |
| 2016 | 658 | 15th lowest of 15 · 185% of median | 164 | 6.8 |
| 2017 | 468 | 13th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 121 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | 421 | 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 158 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | 646 | 14th lowest of 15 · 182% of median | 144 | 4.0 |
| 2022 | 217 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 96 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 89 | 1st lowest of 15 · 25% of median | 111 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 425 | 12th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 141 | 2.2 |
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 (7/10 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 | 5 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 1933 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 31% of the irrigation seasons in 1995-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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