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MOUNT SOPRIS D PRINCE CR
Structure dossier · WDID 3801633 · 1 · PRINCE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:30 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 1881-04-01 — 5th 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: JACOBS DITCH (1880-09-20). Immediately behind: PIONEER DITCH (1881-05-01).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11414.0 | 1881-04-01 | 1889-05-11 | 2.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 6,87 |
| 12174.0 | 1883-05-01 | 1889-05-11 | 2.2 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 63 |
| 12980.0 | 1885-07-15 | 1889-05-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 130 |
| 13788.0 | 1887-10-01 | 1889-05-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 183 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,742 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,698 AF — 98% of that, and 7th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,586 | 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 163 | 10.0 |
| 2011 | 3,864 | 15th lowest of 15 · 222% of median | 169 | 14.4 |
| 2012 | 670 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 38% of median | 82 | 6.7 |
| 2013 | 1,742 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 154 | 8.5 |
| 2014 | 2,362 | 10th lowest of 15 · 136% of median | 151 | 14.0 |
| 2015 | 3,092 | 13th lowest of 15 · 178% of median | 182 | 16.0 |
| 2016 | 1,783 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 139 | 13.0 |
| 2017 | 1,535 | 4th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 175 | 8.8 |
| 2018 | 1,399 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 175 | 8.0 |
| 2019 | 3,518 | 14th lowest of 15 · 202% of median | 188 | 18.0 |
| 2020 | 1,547 | 5th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 179 | 9.0 |
| 2021 | 627 | 1st lowest of 15 · 36% of median | 184 | 2.9 |
| 2022 | 2,842 | 12th lowest of 15 · 163% of median | 365 | 12.6 |
| 2023 | 2,746 | 11th lowest of 15 · 158% of median | 365 | 12.9 |
| 2024 | 1,698 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 304 | 6.9 |
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