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Structure dossier · WDID 3801836 · 1 · LITTLE WOODY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:21 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 1912-06-15 — 3085th 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: HALLAM LAKE (1887-02-07). Immediately behind: DWIGHT MAURIN SPRING (1919-03-03).

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
50769.228111912-06-151989-12-31 2.00.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 71 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 80 AF — 113% of that, and 10th 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)
1993 74 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 27 1.5
1994 63 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 33 1.0
1995 89 12th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 31 1.5
1996 8 1st lowest of 15 · 11% of median 17 0.2
1997 19 2nd lowest of 15 · 27% of median 39 0.2
1998 112 13th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 32 2.0
1999 71 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 27 1.5
2000 36 5th lowest of 15 · 51% of median 91 0.2
2011 186 14th lowest of 15 · 262% of median 76 1.3
2019 87 11th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 76 0.6
2020 60 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 62 0.5
2021 27 3rd lowest of 15 · 38% of median 40 0.5
2022 30 4th lowest of 15 · 42% of median 37 0.4
2023 263 15th lowest of 15 · 370% of median 166 1.0
2024 80 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 54 1.4

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 866 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 12% of the irrigation seasons in 1990-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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