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LAKE CR MEADOWS ALT WELLFIELD
Structure dossier · WDID 3705642 · WF · LAKE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:42 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 1975-06-01 — 1011th 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: LAKE CR MEADOWS ALT WELL NO 4 (1975-06-01). Immediately behind: RED CLIFF PROJ CROSS EXT (1976-07-01).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46386.45807 | 1975-06-01 | 1977-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNRECDOM | |
| 56613.55456 | 2001-10-31 | 2005-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNRECDOM | |
| 56613.55456 | 2001-10-31 | 2005-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNRECDOM | |
| 60265.55456 | 2001-10-31 | 2015-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNRECDOM | |
| 60265.55456 | 2001-10-31 | 2015-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNRECDOM |
Recorded use (last 8 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 48 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 57 AF — 120% of that, and 7th lowest of the 8 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 57 | 7th lowest of 8 · 120% of median | 192 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 29 | 2nd lowest of 8 · 61% of median | 339 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1st lowest of 8 · 36% of median | 304 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 34 | 3rd lowest of 8 · 72% of median | 245 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 48 | 5th lowest of 8 · 101% of median | 365 | 0.2 |
| 2022 | 47 | 4th lowest of 8 · 99% of median | 365 | 0.2 |
| 2023 | 50 | 6th lowest of 8 · 105% of median | 365 | 0.3 |
| 2024 | 57 | 7th lowest of 8 · 120% of median | 305 | 0.2 |
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