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ZANOLA AND PELAZINI D

Structure dossier · WDID 4000787 · 1 · SURFACE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:24 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 1892-04-01 — 1128th 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: GURNEY DITCH (1892-04-01). Immediately behind: PUMPKIN SWAG SEEP DITCH (1892-05-01).

Decreed rights (2)

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
20501.154321892-04-011907-09-28 3.120.0 CIRR 33
29260.21091907-09-291937-05-28 3.00.0 CIRR H65

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 457 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 222 AF — 49% of that, and 5th 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 457 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 95 3.5
2011 734 13th lowest of 15 · 161% of median 121 4.2
2012 218 4th lowest of 15 · 48% of median 48 3.0
2013 136 2nd lowest of 15 · 30% of median 30 3.0
2014 402 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 76 4.0
2015 519 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 95 3.6
2016 917 15th lowest of 15 · 201% of median 133 6.5
2017 647 12th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 124 4.6
2018 90 1st lowest of 15 · 20% of median 34 1.8
2019 761 14th lowest of 15 · 166% of median 134 6.4
2020 304 6th lowest of 15 · 66% of median 86 3.7
2021 166 3rd lowest of 15 · 36% of median 53 1.8
2022 475 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 112 4.2
2023 500 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 151 3.1
2024 222 5th lowest of 15 · 49% of median 74 3.1

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