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Structure dossier · WDID 4000543 · 1 · CRYSTAL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 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 1901-05-15 — 1279th 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: ROEBER NO 2 RESERVOIR (1901-01-01). Immediately behind: FRUITLAND CANAL (1901-05-17).

Decreed rights (1)

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
21263.187621901-05-151914-06-23 13.250.0 CIRR A64

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 847 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,029 AF — 122% of that, and 11th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

YearDiverted (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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 688 4th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 75 13.0
2011 1,181 12th lowest of 15 · 139% of median 95 13.4
2012 320 1st lowest of 15 · 38% of median 64 12.0
2013 785 6th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 94 13.8
2014 823 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 99 13.4
2015 1,400 15th lowest of 15 · 165% of median 143 13.8
2016 488 2nd lowest of 15 · 58% of median 178 8.0
2017 1,005 10th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 93 17.0
2018 769 5th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 78 13.2
2019 1,307 14th lowest of 15 · 154% of median 107 12.0
2020 847 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 87 12.8
2021 613 3rd lowest of 15 · 72% of median 71 10.7
2022 854 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 71 10.7
2023 1,213 13th lowest of 15 · 143% of median 73 12.9
2024 1,029 11th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 80 14.0

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