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SOUTHARD AND CAVANAUGH D
Structure dossier · WDID 3801018 · 1 · CRYSTAL RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:36 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 1885-03-23 — 141st 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: OSCAR CERISE WELL 4 (1884-12-31). Immediately behind: TOMCAT RANCH WELL NO 1 (1885-03-23).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12866.0 | 1885-03-23 | 1889-05-11 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 106 |
| 12894.0 | 1885-04-20 | 1889-05-11 | 1.96 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 117 |
| 13608.0 | 1887-04-04 | 1889-05-11 | 1.2 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 170 |
| 15379.14336 | 1889-04-01 | 1892-02-09 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 206 |
| 30941.14715 | 1890-04-15 | 1936-08-25 | 3.7 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 298 |
| 30941.23895 | 1915-06-04 | 1936-08-25 | 3.04 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 399 |
| 54380.0 | 1998-11-20 | 1998-12-31 | 5.68 | 4.32 | C | OTH |
Legal record & documents
40 decreed actions on record across
9 court cases:
98CW0310, 06CW0073, W2206, CA5967, CA3082, 99CW0300, 95CW0180, CA0409, CA0132.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
98CW0310 | 9 | 1998-12-31 | O, S |
06CW0073 | 1 | 1998-12-31 | S |
W2206 | 12 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
CA5967 | 2 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
CA3082 | 1 | 1936-08-25 | S |
99CW0300 | 4 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
95CW0180 | 8 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
CA0409 | 1 | 1892-02-09 | S |
CA0132 | 2 | 1889-05-11 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,801 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,500 AF — 89% of that, and 6th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,947 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 70% of median | — | 158 | 14.9 |
| 2011 | 1,272 | 1st lowest of 15 · 45% of median | — | 125 | 7.2 |
| 2012 | 2,801 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 75 | 190 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 1,865 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 18 | 161 | 7.8 |
| 2014 | 2,175 | 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | — | 171 | 8.5 |
| 2015 | 1,978 | 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 37 | 181 | 8.5 |
| 2016 | 3,970 | 13th lowest of 15 · 142% of median | 2,164 | 214 | 11.6 |
| 2017 | 3,307 | 10th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 1,787 | 189 | 12.3 |
| 2018 | 3,857 | 12th lowest of 15 · 138% of median | 1,866 | 214 | 12.3 |
| 2019 | 4,347 | 14th lowest of 15 · 155% of median | 1,866 | 214 | 14.8 |
| 2020 | 5,432 | 15th lowest of 15 · 194% of median | 2,164 | 214 | 17.5 |
| 2021 | 3,341 | 11th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 190 | 214 | 14.4 |
| 2022 | 2,850 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 163 | 185 | 10.6 |
| 2023 | 2,514 | 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 173 | 214 | 9.0 |
| 2024 | 2,500 | 6th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 190 | 214 | 10.3 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 7 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 7913 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 75% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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