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CLINTON GULCH RESERVOIR
Structure dossier · WDID 3603575 · 3 · TENMILE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:47 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 1946-06-25 — 583rd 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: SPRING CREEK PIPELINE (1928-12-31). Immediately behind: GRIGGS RESERVOIR NO 4 (1949-05-01).
Decreed rights (9)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45290.35239 | 1946-06-25 | 1974-12-31 | 4250.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRINDRECFISDOMWLD | |
| 51194.0 | 1990-03-01 | 1992-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMRECFIRDOMAUG | |
| 51864.51194 | 1990-03-01 | 1992-12-31 | 4250.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNINDRECFISDOMAUGSNOWLD | |
| 52960.52067 | 1992-07-21 | 1995-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN | |
| 52960.52067 | 1992-07-21 | 1995-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 56978.56753 | 2005-05-20 | 2006-12-31 | 210.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNINDRECFISDOMAUGSNOWLD | |
| 57688.0 | 2007-12-11 | 2008-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMRECFIRDOMAUG | |
| 57688.0 | 2007-12-11 | 2008-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMRECFIRDOMAUG | |
| 61361.59804 | 2013-09-26 | 2018-12-31 | 0.0 | 500.0 | A | IRRMUNINDRECFISDOMAUG |
Legal record & documents
19 decreed actions on record across
17 court cases:
18CW3210, 17CW3114, 18CW3200, 06CW0252, 95CW0077, 21CW3001, 98CW0057, 96CW0163, 95CW0122, 92CW0331 and 7 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
18CW3210 | 1 | 2018-12-31 | S |
17CW3114 | 1 | 2008-12-31 | O |
18CW3200 | 1 | 2006-12-31 | S |
06CW0252 | 1 | 2006-12-31 | S |
95CW0077 | 2 | 1995-12-31 | S |
21CW3001 | 1 | 1995-12-31 | S |
98CW0057 | 1 | 1992-12-31 | S |
96CW0163 | 1 | 1992-12-31 | S |
95CW0122 | 1 | 1992-12-31 | S |
92CW0331 | 2 | 1992-12-31 | S |
92CW0299 | 1 | 1992-12-31 | S |
92CW0292 | 1 | 1992-12-31 | S |
92CW0065 | 1 | 1992-12-31 | S |
10CW0115 | 1 | 1992-12-31 | S |
08CW0016 | 1 | 1992-12-31 | O |
W2559 | 1 | 1974-12-31 | S |
79CW0049 | 1 | 1974-12-31 | 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 8 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 718 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2020, came in at 1,103 AF — 154% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 4 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 332 | 2nd lowest of 4 · 46% of median | 278 | 12 | 23.2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 4 · 0% of median | 422 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 2,088 | 4th lowest of 4 · 291% of median | 358 | 307 | 43.8 |
| 2020 | 1,103 | 3rd lowest of 4 · 154% of median | 1,853 | 305 | 26.4 |
| 2021 | — | no recorded volume | 813 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | — | no recorded volume | 154 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | — | no recorded volume | 36 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | — | no recorded volume | 102 | 0 | — |
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 | 9 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 626 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 34% of the irrigation seasons in 2016-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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