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Structure dossier · WDID 3900610 · 1 · PARACHUTE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 02:36 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 1887-01-04 — 89th most senior of the 1758 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: HABLUTZEL PUMP (1886-05-16). Immediately behind: SINCLAIR OIL AND GAS COMPANY PUMPING PLA (1887-01-04).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13518.0 | 1887-01-04 | 1889-05-11 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMSTKAUGPWROTH | 83 |
| 13574.0 | 1887-03-01 | 1889-05-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMSTKAUGPWR | 93 |
| 13971.0 | 1888-04-01 | 1889-05-11 | 9.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMSTKAUGPWROTH | 132 |
| 17699.1436 | 1889-04-25 | 1900-02-20 | 1.6 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMSTKAUGPWR | 143B |
| 28707.15317 | 1891-12-08 | 1929-12-20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMSTKAUGPWR | 188 |
| 31031.27818 | 1926-03-01 | 1937-01-04 | 12.34 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 207 |
| 38374.0 | 1955-01-24 | 1966-11-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | COMINDDOMPWR | 319 |
Legal record & documents
25 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
07CW0239, W2206, CA3124, 99CW0300, CA0770, CA0103.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
07CW0239 | 9 | 1966-11-10 | O, S |
W2206 | 6 | 1937-01-04 | O, S |
CA3124 | 1 | 1937-01-04 | S |
99CW0300 | 6 | 1937-01-04 | O, S |
CA0770 | 1 | 1900-02-20 | S |
CA0103 | 2 | 1889-05-11 | O |
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 1,181 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,264 AF — 107% of that, and 9th 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 | 2,309 | 12th lowest of 15 · 196% of median | 150 | 16.3 |
| 2011 | 1,146 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 209 | 5.0 |
| 2012 | 1,308 | 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 109 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 1,181 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 131 | 8.7 |
| 2014 | 46 | 1st lowest of 15 · 4% of median | 48 | 0.5 |
| 2015 | 2,892 | 14th lowest of 15 · 245% of median | 171 | 20.0 |
| 2016 | 2,487 | 13th lowest of 15 · 211% of median | 134 | 19.6 |
| 2017 | 1,525 | 11th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 148 | 6.9 |
| 2018 | 1,075 | 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 161 | 6.7 |
| 2019 | 498 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 42% of median | 97 | 3.1 |
| 2020 | 213 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 18% of median | 119 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 725 | 4th lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 196 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 813 | 5th lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 151 | 3.3 |
| 2023 | 4,024 | 15th lowest of 15 · 341% of median | 186 | 12.0 |
| 2024 | 1,264 | 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 176 | 5.2 |
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 | 7 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 13963 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 87% of the irrigation seasons in 1949-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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