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MIDDLE FORK RESERVOIR
Structure dossier · WDID 3903941 · 3 · SCHUTTE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 02:16 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 1883-05-17 — 31st 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: EAST MIDDLE FORK RES (1883-05-17). Immediately behind: PARACHUTE CREEK RESERVOIR (1883-05-17).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12190.0 | 1883-05-17 | 1889-05-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRCOMINDDOMAUGPWR | 9 |
| 12474.0 | 1884-02-25 | 1889-05-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRCOMINDDOMAUGPWR | 20 |
| 13181.0 | 1886-02-01 | 1889-05-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRCOMINDDOMAUGPWR | 51 |
| 13639.0 | 1887-05-05 | 1889-05-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRCOMINDDOMAUGPWR | 111 |
| 14092.0 | 1888-07-31 | 1889-05-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRCOMINDDOMAUGPWR | 142 |
| 15120.0 | 1891-05-25 | 1891-11-27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRCOMINDDOMAUGPWR | 148 |
| 40071.0 | 1959-09-17 | 1966-11-10 | 140.0 | 31.622 | A | IRRCOMINDDOMAUGPWRTMX | 337 |
| 47116.45563 | 1974-09-30 | 1979-12-31 | 0.0 | 1438.38 | A | IRRCOMINDDOMAUGPWRTMX |
Legal record & documents
15 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
79CW0378, 08CW0199, CA4914, 88CW0188, 84CW0218, 82CW0369.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
79CW0378 | 1 | 1979-12-31 | S |
08CW0199 | 4 | 1979-12-31 | S |
CA4914 | 1 | 1966-11-10 | S |
88CW0188 | 1 | 1966-11-10 | S |
84CW0218 | 1 | 1904-03-25 | S |
82CW0369 | 7 | 1904-03-25 | O, S |
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 5 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 29 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2010, came in at 29 AF — 100% of that, and 1st lowest of the 1 year with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | — | no recorded volume | 22 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 29 | 1st lowest of 1 · 100% of median | — | 215 | 0.1 |
| 2014 | — | no recorded volume | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | — | no recorded volume | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | — | no recorded volume | 2 | 0 | — |
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
| 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 | 215 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 4% of the irrigation seasons in 1989-2016 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.