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Structure dossier · WDID 4000747 · 1 · DIRTY GEORGE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 05:24 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 1883-12-20 — 113th 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: DELTA PIPELINE (1883-12-19). Immediately behind: DELTA PIPELINE (1884-01-11).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12407.0 | 1883-12-20 | 1889-06-17 | 2.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 1 |
| 20501.14413 | 1889-06-17 | 1907-09-28 | 2.37 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 25 |
| 53325.43962 | 1970-05-13 | 1996-12-31 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Legal record & documents
5 decreed actions on record across
4 court cases:
96CW0181, CA0457, CA0038, 75CW0064.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
96CW0181 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
CA0457 | 1 | 1907-09-28 | S |
CA0038 | 2 | 1889-06-17 | O |
75CW0064 | 1 | 1889-06-17 | 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 1,404 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,712 AF — 122% of that, and 11th 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 | 2,012 | 15th lowest of 15 · 143% of median | 184 | 8.6 |
| 2011 | 1,871 | 13th lowest of 15 · 133% of median | 164 | 10.6 |
| 2012 | 1,649 | 9th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 194 | 6.4 |
| 2013 | 1,108 | 6th lowest of 15 · 79% of median | 151 | 5.1 |
| 2014 | 1,172 | 7th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 128 | 6.7 |
| 2015 | 845 | 1st lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 78 | 7.2 |
| 2016 | 1,904 | 14th lowest of 15 · 136% of median | 181 | 6.9 |
| 2017 | 1,686 | 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 164 | 6.4 |
| 2018 | 904 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 195 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | 1,404 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 100 | 7.2 |
| 2020 | 997 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 179 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 1,061 | 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 202 | 4.9 |
| 2022 | 1,102 | 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 203 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 1,822 | 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 181 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 1,712 | 11th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 196 | 5.1 |
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 | 9162 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 79% of the irrigation seasons in 1970-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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