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Structure dossier · WDID 4000659 · 1 · KISER CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 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 1902-05-01 — 1191st 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: COTTONWOOD DITCH (1902-05-01). Immediately behind: BURNETT RESERVOIR (1903-04-13).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20501.19113 | 1902-05-01 | 1907-09-28 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 48 |
| 25807.20179 | 1905-04-01 | 1930-02-10 | 0.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | G41 |
| 29260.20179 | 1905-04-01 | 1937-05-28 | 5.4 | 0.0 | C | IRR | H52 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 13 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 70 AF — 538% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 47 | 14th lowest of 15 · 362% of median | 48 | 0.5 |
| 2006 | 7 | 4th lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 9 | 0.5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | 24 | 11th lowest of 15 · 185% of median | 43 | 0.5 |
| 2009 | 20 | 9th lowest of 15 · 154% of median | 37 | 0.6 |
| 2010 | 10 | 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 46 | 0.2 |
| 2011 | 39 | 13th lowest of 15 · 300% of median | 71 | 0.6 |
| 2012 | 27 | 12th lowest of 15 · 208% of median | 32 | 0.5 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 19 | 0.3 |
| 2015 | 23 | 10th lowest of 15 · 177% of median | 24 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 15% of median | 11 | 0.1 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 44 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 10 | 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 25 | 0.2 |
| 2023 | 70 | 15th lowest of 15 · 538% of median | 45 | 0.9 |
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