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A&W DIVERSION POINT
Structure dossier · WDID 3701244 · 1 · ALKALI CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:28 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1884-11-15 — 42nd 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: ALKALI DITCH (1884-11-15). Immediately behind: JOHNSON DITCH (1885-04-15).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12738.0 | 1884-11-15 | 1889-12-17 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 28 |
| 20427.19981 | 1904-09-15 | 1907-06-04 | 3.2 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 248 |
Recorded use (last 11 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 0 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 244 AF — —% of that, and 10th lowest of the 11 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0 | 1st lowest of 11 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1st lowest of 11 · —% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1st lowest of 11 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1st lowest of 11 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1st lowest of 11 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1st lowest of 11 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 327 | 11th lowest of 11 · —% of median | 77 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1st lowest of 11 · —% of median | 61 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 203 | 9th lowest of 11 · —% of median | 365 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 158 | 8th lowest of 11 · —% of median | 304 | 1.4 |
| 2024 | 244 | 10th lowest of 11 · —% of median | 170 | 2.5 |
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