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FRY ARK PR BOUSTEAD TUNNEL
Structure dossier · WDID 3804625 · 7 · FRYINGPAN RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:49 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.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1957-07-29 — 1060th 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: RUEDI RESERVOIR (1957-07-29). Immediately behind: RUEDI RES (CONTRACT) (1957-07-29).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39291.0 | 1957-07-29 | 1958-06-20 | 900.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMIND | 718 |
| 48577.39291 | 1957-07-29 | 1983-12-31 | 100.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDDOMOTH |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 57,886 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 69,473 AF — 120% of that, and 11th 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 | 56,840 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 365 | 958.0 |
| 2011 | 102,075 | 14th lowest of 15 · 176% of median | 365 | 964.6 |
| 2012 | 14,785 | 1st lowest of 15 · 26% of median | 366 | 286.9 |
| 2013 | 50,278 | 4th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 365 | 932.8 |
| 2014 | 81,985 | 13th lowest of 15 · 142% of median | 365 | 936.4 |
| 2015 | 73,005 | 12th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 365 | 955.2 |
| 2016 | 57,886 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 366 | 933.0 |
| 2017 | 69,268 | 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 365 | 943.0 |
| 2018 | 41,297 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 365 | 735.4 |
| 2019 | 114,561 | 15th lowest of 15 · 198% of median | 365 | 1410.3 |
| 2020 | 53,530 | 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 366 | 909.7 |
| 2021 | 34,393 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 59% of median | 365 | 775.0 |
| 2022 | 51,395 | 5th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 365 | 855.0 |
| 2023 | 67,526 | 9th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 365 | 840.9 |
| 2024 | 69,473 | 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 305 | 938.3 |
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