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MINTURN WELL NO 3

Structure dossier · WDID 3705623 · 2 · CROSS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:00 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 1962-08-31 — 550th 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: TOWN OF MINTURN WELL NO 2 (1962-08-31). Immediately behind: MINTURN WELL NO 4 (1962-08-31).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
41150.01962-08-311972-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
57696.02007-12-192007-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOM

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 72 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 67 AF — 93% of that, and 5th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

YearDiverted (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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 76 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 304 0.2
2011 14 1st lowest of 15 · 19% of median 61 0.1
2012 81 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 366 0.2
2013 55 2nd lowest of 15 · 76% of median 365 0.3
2014 71 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 365 0.2
2015 59 3rd lowest of 15 · 82% of median 365 0.2
2016 100 14th lowest of 15 · 139% of median 366 0.3
2017 72 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 365 0.6
2018 66 4th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 334 0.3
2019 101 15th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 365 0.4
2020 82 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 366 0.3
2021 67 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 365 0.2
2022 98 13th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 365 0.2
2023 87 12th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 365 0.2
2024 67 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 305 0.2

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