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IND P TM DVR TUNNEL NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 3804617 · 0 · LINCOLN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:49 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 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 1930-08-23 — 622nd 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: IND P TM DVR LINCOLN CR (1930-08-23). Immediately behind: BOWLES PL & DITCH (1930-11-01).

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
30941.294541930-08-231936-08-25 625.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDDOMOTH 431

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 36,788 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 44,342 AF — 120% of that, and 11th 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.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 47,089 13th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 349 365 609.0
2011 69,288 15th lowest of 15 · 188% of median 2,904 365 628.6
2012 23,583 2nd lowest of 15 · 64% of median 1,676 366 296.9
2013 44,629 12th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 2,878 365 600.8
2014 62,403 14th lowest of 15 · 170% of median — 365 618.5
2015 16,398 1st lowest of 15 · 45% of median — 365 412.9
2016 34,688 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median — 366 619.6
2017 33,368 5th lowest of 15 · 91% of median — 365 621.7
2018 30,044 3rd lowest of 15 · 82% of median — 365 432.5
2019 37,237 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median — 365 578.4
2020 36,788 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 366 571.5
2021 32,825 4th lowest of 15 · 89% of median — 365 516.1
2022 36,291 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median — 365 485.5
2023 41,019 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median — 365 471.4
2024 44,342 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median — 305 568.0

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