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BRECKENRIDGE PIPELINE
Structure dossier · WDID 3601008 · 7 · BLUE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:57 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 1980-01-02 — 662nd 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: BRECKENRIDGE PIPELINE ENLARGEMENT AP - N (1979-01-15). Immediately behind: BRECKENRIDGE PIPELINE ENL - NORTH TREATM (1980-01-02).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47483.0 | 1980-01-02 | 1980-12-31 | 5.6 | 14.4 | C | MUNCOMINDFIRDOM | |
| 48577.47483 | 1980-01-02 | 1983-12-31 | 0.0 | 3.0 | C | MUNCOMINDFIRDOM | |
| 52067.0 | 1992-07-21 | 1992-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | AUG | |
| 52067.0 | 1992-07-21 | 1992-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | AUG |
Legal record & documents
10 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
92CW0299, 83CW0051, 88CW0122, 80CW0444, 20CW3054, W0183.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
92CW0299 | 1 | 1992-12-31 | O |
83CW0051 | 3 | 1983-12-31 | S |
88CW0122 | 1 | 1980-12-31 | S |
80CW0444 | 3 | 1980-12-31 | S |
20CW3054 | 1 | 1980-12-31 | S |
W0183 | 1 | 1937-10-26 | 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 1,813 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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 | 544 | 5th lowest of 15 · 30% of median | 61 | 7.9 |
| 2011 | 4,169 | 14th lowest of 15 · 230% of median | 365 | 10.9 |
| 2012 | 4,171 | 15th lowest of 15 · 230% of median | 366 | 10.9 |
| 2013 | 2,248 | 11th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 365 | 5.8 |
| 2014 | 1,742 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 304 | 5.2 |
| 2015 | 279 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 15% of median | 61 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | 2,084 | 10th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 366 | 5.1 |
| 2017 | 1,813 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 304 | 5.5 |
| 2018 | 392 | 4th lowest of 15 · 22% of median | 61 | 4.9 |
| 2019 | 2,843 | 13th lowest of 15 · 157% of median | 365 | 6.4 |
| 2020 | 2,355 | 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 366 | 5.7 |
| 2021 | 1,092 | 6th lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 304 | 4.2 |
| 2022 | 250 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 14% of median | 61 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 1,917 | 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 309 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
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 | 4 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 3659 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 2010-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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.