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Structure dossier · WDID 4000834 · 7 · WEST FORK DOUGHSPOON CRE · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:49 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 1884-01-11 — 114th 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: WEST DITCH (1883-12-20). Immediately behind: GEORGIA DITCH (1884-03-15).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12429.0 | 1884-01-11 | 1889-06-17 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRPWR | , 1 |
| 20501.14413 | 1889-06-17 | 1907-09-28 | 0.375 | 0.0 | C | MUNPWR | , 25 |
| 20501.18864 | 1901-08-25 | 1907-09-28 | 0.75 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOMPWR | , 47 |
| 20909.0 | 1907-04-01 | 1907-09-28 | 0.75 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOMPWR | , 49 |
| 21289.0 | 1908-04-15 | 1914-06-23 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNDOMPWR | , A99 |
Recorded use (last 13 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 418 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2008, came in at 802 AF — 192% of that, and 12th lowest of the 13 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 276 | 3rd lowest of 13 · 66% of median | 99 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 321 | 6th lowest of 13 · 77% of median | 139 | 1.8 |
| 1975 | 422 | 8th lowest of 13 · 101% of median | 121 | 3.9 |
| 1976 | 980 | 13th lowest of 13 · 234% of median | 191 | 4.8 |
| 1977 | 239 | 2nd lowest of 13 · 57% of median | 188 | 1.6 |
| 1978 | 696 | 11th lowest of 13 · 166% of median | 225 | 3.1 |
| 1979 | 515 | 10th lowest of 13 · 123% of median | 174 | 2.3 |
| 1980 | 176 | 1st lowest of 13 · 42% of median | 99 | 2.0 |
| 1981 | 319 | 5th lowest of 13 · 76% of median | 162 | 1.5 |
| 2000 | 292 | 4th lowest of 13 · 70% of median | 108 | 2.5 |
| 2001 | 418 | 7th lowest of 13 · 100% of median | 176 | 2.5 |
| 2006 | 511 | 9th lowest of 13 · 122% of median | 181 | 2.5 |
| 2008 | 802 | 12th lowest of 13 · 192% of median | 241 | 3.0 |
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