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Structure dossier · WDID 3801377 · 1 · CASTLE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:09 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 1968-12-31 — 2039th 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: WILLIS WELL NO 1 (1966-07-26). Immediately behind: HODGSON PIPELINE & POND (1970-07-11).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45290.43464 | 1968-12-31 | 1974-12-31 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | FIS |
Legal record & documents
1 decreed actions on record across
1 court case:
W2388.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W2388 | 1 | 1974-12-31 | S |
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 690 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2005, came in at 1,809 AF — 262% of that, and 14th lowest of the 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,387 | 12th lowest of 15 · 201% of median | 365 | 2.0 |
| 1992 | 1,089 | 10th lowest of 15 · 158% of median | 366 | 1.5 |
| 1993 | 1,146 | 11th lowest of 15 · 166% of median | 365 | 2.0 |
| 1994 | 985 | 9th lowest of 15 · 143% of median | 290 | 3.0 |
| 1995 | 419 | 7th lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 212 | 1.0 |
| 1996 | 347 | 4th lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 163 | 1.2 |
| 1997 | 414 | 6th lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 197 | 1.2 |
| 1998 | 407 | 5th lowest of 15 · 59% of median | 188 | 1.2 |
| 1999 | 314 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 46% of median | 155 | 1.2 |
| 2000 | 154 | 1st lowest of 15 · 22% of median | 61 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 690 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 274 | 1.3 |
| 2002 | 206 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 30% of median | 61 | 1.8 |
| 2003 | 1,748 | 13th lowest of 15 · 253% of median | 365 | 3.0 |
| 2004 | 2,178 | 15th lowest of 15 · 316% of median | 366 | 3.0 |
| 2005 | 1,809 | 14th lowest of 15 · 262% of median | 304 | 3.0 |
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 A (9/10 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 | 1 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 3793 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1990-2005 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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