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WEST LAT RIFLE CR CANON
Structure dossier · WDID 3900990 · 1 · RIFLE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:15 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 1883-03-10 — 8th 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: THOMPKINS DITCH (1883-03-10). Immediately behind: SAINT NO 2 DITCH (1883-04-01).
Decreed rights (8)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12122.0 | 1883-03-10 | 1889-05-11 | 0.2 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 5 |
| 12889.0 | 1885-04-15 | 1889-05-11 | 0.887 | 0.0 | C | IRRFIRDOMAUG | 39 |
| 13195.0 | 1886-02-15 | 1889-05-11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 54 |
| 13285.0 | 1886-05-16 | 1889-05-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 73 |
| 13468.0 | 1886-11-15 | 1889-05-11 | 0.52 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 80 |
| 13484.0 | 1886-12-01 | 1889-05-11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 82 |
| 13629.0 | 1887-04-25 | 1889-05-11 | 1.945 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOM | 107 |
| 13713.0 | 1887-07-18 | 1889-05-11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | 119 |
Legal record & documents
21 decreed actions on record across
9 court cases:
W2317, 95CW0076, 92CW0033, 91CW0161, 91CW0091, 91CW0049, 91CW0015, 90CW0140, 01CW0213.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W2317 | 3 | 1889-05-11 | O |
95CW0076 | 3 | 1889-05-11 | O |
92CW0033 | 4 | 1889-05-11 | O |
91CW0161 | 2 | 1889-05-11 | O |
91CW0091 | 2 | 1889-05-11 | O |
91CW0049 | 1 | 1889-05-11 | O |
91CW0015 | 3 | 1889-05-11 | O |
90CW0140 | 2 | 1889-05-11 | O |
01CW0213 | 1 | 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 1,307 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,602 AF — 123% of that, and 15th 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 | 1,307 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 197 | 3.8 |
| 2011 | 1,514 | 14th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 255 | 4.6 |
| 2012 | 1,487 | 13th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 265 | 4.9 |
| 2013 | 1,260 | 5th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 201 | 4.6 |
| 2014 | 1,284 | 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 201 | 5.2 |
| 2015 | 1,358 | 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 208 | 5.0 |
| 2016 | 861 | 1st lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 184 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | 1,371 | 11th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 184 | 4.2 |
| 2018 | 1,422 | 12th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 181 | 5.0 |
| 2019 | 1,343 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 182 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | 1,306 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 184 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 972 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 74% of median | 180 | 4.0 |
| 2022 | 1,247 | 4th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 175 | 4.2 |
| 2023 | 1,170 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 183 | 4.0 |
| 2024 | 1,602 | 15th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 193 | 6.6 |
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 | 8 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 8204 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 94% of the irrigation seasons in 1984-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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