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Structure dossier · WDID 3801114 · 1 · ROARING FORK RIVER · 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 1905-06-01 — 430th 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: ROMINE WELL (1922-12-31). Immediately behind: OULD WELL NO 3 (1925-04-30).

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
27149.20241905-06-011925-10-21 0.50.0 CIRR 239

Recorded use (last 10 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 149 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1985, came in at 169 AF — 113% of that, and 9th lowest of the 10 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)
1975 147 5th lowest of 10 · 99% of median 149 0.5
1976 151 6th lowest of 10 · 101% of median 153 0.5
1977 98 1st lowest of 10 · 66% of median 165 0.3
1978 98 1st lowest of 10 · 66% of median 165 0.3
1980 152 7th lowest of 10 · 102% of median 153 0.5
1981 120 4th lowest of 10 · 80% of median 122 0.5
1982 119 3rd lowest of 10 · 80% of median 121 0.5
1983 152 7th lowest of 10 · 102% of median 153 0.5
1984 169 9th lowest of 10 · 113% of median 170 0.5
1985 169 9th lowest of 10 · 113% of median 170 0.5

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