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Structure dossier · WDID 3700521 · 1 · LAKE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 in line
Priority 1887-04-01 — 61st most senior of the 2162 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: WARM SPRINGS DITCH (1887-03-30). Immediately behind: DITCH NO 1 DITCH (1887-04-01).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13605.0 | 1887-04-01 | 1889-12-17 | 2.813 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMSTKAUG | 53 |
| 30894.19884 | 1904-06-10 | 1936-10-03 | 0.5145 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMSTKAUG | 394 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 457 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 457 AF — 100% of that, and 5th 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.
| 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | — | 1 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | — | 1 | 0.0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | — | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | 497 | 15th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 497 | 132 | 1.9 |
| 2014 | 102 | 4th lowest of 15 · 22% of median | 102 | 89 | 1.9 |
| 2015 | 457 | 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 457 | 365 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | 457 | 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 457 | 305 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 457 | 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 457 | 123 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 457 | 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 457 | 123 | 1.9 |
| 2019 | 457 | 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 457 | 123 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 457 | 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 457 | 123 | 1.9 |
| 2021 | 457 | 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 457 | 123 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 457 | 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 457 | 123 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 457 | 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 457 | 123 | 1.9 |
| 2024 | 457 | 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 457 | 123 | 1.9 |
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