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Structure dossier · WDID 4000503 · 1 · SMITH FORK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:21 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 1895-03-28 — 1253rd most senior of the 4661 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: CUMMINGS A DULING DITCH (1895-03-01). Immediately behind: C H CHAPIN DITCH (1895-05-01).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21263.16523 | 1895-03-28 | 1914-06-23 | 40.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | A36 |
| 25807.23557 | 1914-07-01 | 1930-02-10 | 42.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | G84 |
| 31924.16523 | 1895-03-28 | 1954-03-20 | 7.5 | 0.0 | C | DOMSTK | J55 |
Legal record & documents
3 decreed actions on record across
3 court cases:
CA3503, CA2030, CA0617.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA3503 | 1 | 1954-03-20 | S |
CA2030 | 1 | 1930-02-10 | S |
CA0617 | 1 | 1914-06-23 | 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 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 7,303 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 13,877 AF — 190% of that, and 14th 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 | 7,781 | 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 209 | 83.0 |
| 2011 | 5,425 | 5th lowest of 15 · 74% of median | 214 | 44.0 |
| 2012 | 3,025 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 41% of median | 210 | 24.0 |
| 2013 | 5,865 | 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 211 | 64.0 |
| 2014 | 7,303 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 214 | 101.0 |
| 2015 | 6,750 | 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 215 | 65.0 |
| 2016 | 7,440 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 202 | 68.0 |
| 2017 | 8,038 | 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 196 | 87.5 |
| 2018 | 2,287 | 1st lowest of 15 · 31% of median | 213 | 32.0 |
| 2019 | 10,624 | 13th lowest of 15 · 146% of median | 214 | 66.0 |
| 2020 | 5,159 | 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 248 | 55.6 |
| 2021 | 2,698 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 37% of median | 365 | 27.0 |
| 2022 | 9,591 | 12th lowest of 15 · 131% of median | 365 | 70.3 |
| 2023 | 15,609 | 15th lowest of 15 · 214% of median | 365 | 86.0 |
| 2024 | 13,877 | 14th lowest of 15 · 190% of median | 305 | 80.1 |
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 | 3 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 14705 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1969-2024 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.