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Structure dossier · WDID 3800644 · 1 · THOMAS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:33 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 1907-05-15 — 395th most senior of the 4788 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: CERISE WELL 1 (1918-08-31). Immediately behind: TWINING SEEPAGE D NO 1 (1915-08-10).

Decreed rights (1)

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
25106.209531907-05-151919-06-09 1.850.0 CIRR 226AAB-1

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 167 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2010, came in at 57 AF — 34% of that, and 1st 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)
1958 220 11th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 57 2.0
1959 104 4th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 42 1.5
1960 79 2nd lowest of 15 · 47% of median 23 1.8
1961 166 6th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 48 1.8
1975 182 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 47 2.0
1976 181 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 54 1.8
1978 167 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 43 2.0
1979 167 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 43 2.0
1980 532 15th lowest of 15 · 319% of median 134 2.0
1981 83 3rd lowest of 15 · 50% of median 22 2.0
1982 159 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 41 2.0
1983 238 12th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 41 3.0
1984 369 13th lowest of 15 · 221% of median 63 3.0
1986 489 14th lowest of 15 · 293% of median 138 1.8
2010 57 1st lowest of 15 · 34% of median 91 0.3

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 887 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 8% of the irrigation seasons in 1958-2010 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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