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BONE MESA PIPELINE

Structure dossier · WDID 4000958 · 7 · BELL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:55 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 1883-05-01 — 41st 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: PRESTON DITCH (1883-02-04). Immediately behind: NORTH FORK ORCHARD COMPANY DITCH (1883-05-01).

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
12174.01883-05-011889-06-17 0.750.0 CIRRMUNDOM 1

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 102 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2016, came in at 161 AF — 158% of that, and 14th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2000 53 2nd lowest of 15 · 52% of median — 366 0.2
2001 88 5th lowest of 15 · 86% of median — 359 0.2
2002 33 1st lowest of 15 · 32% of median — 365 0.2
2003 67 3rd lowest of 15 · 66% of median — 365 0.2
2004 74 4th lowest of 15 · 72% of median — 366 0.2
2005 110 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median — 365 0.3
2006 102 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 351 0.2
2007 122 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median — 365 0.3
2008 107 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median — 305 0.3
2009 92 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median — 237 0.9
2010 115 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median — 304 0.3
2011 101 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median — 181 0.5
2014 153 13th lowest of 15 · 150% of median — 275 0.5
2015 179 15th lowest of 15 · 176% of median — 365 0.6
2016 161 14th lowest of 15 · 158% of median — 305 0.7

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.