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Structure dossier · WDID 4001148 · 1 · HENDERSON CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:13 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 1908-08-31 — 1312th 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: EAGLE DITCH (1908-06-06). Immediately behind: HOOSIER DITCH (1908-10-02).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21427.0 | 1908-08-31 | 1914-06-23 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | A103 |
| 24894.23145 | 1913-05-15 | 1920-08-28 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | B40 |
| 29260.27545 | 1925-06-01 | 1937-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | H137 |
| 31924.21397 | 1908-08-01 | 1954-03-20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | DOMSTK | J131 |
| 38064.31563 | 1936-06-01 | 1964-01-31 | 3.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | K62 |
Legal record & documents
7 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
CA4808, CA3503, 06CW0159, 93CW0178, CA1424, CA0617.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA4808 | 1 | 1964-01-31 | S |
CA3503 | 1 | 1954-03-20 | S |
06CW0159 | 1 | 1954-03-20 | S |
93CW0178 | 2 | 1937-05-28 | S |
CA1424 | 1 | 1920-08-28 | S |
CA0617 | 1 | 1914-06-23 | S |
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 679 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 701 AF — 103% of that, and 9th 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.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 626 | 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 89 | 125 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 928 | 15th lowest of 15 · 137% of median | — | 134 | 6.2 |
| 2012 | 438 | 1st lowest of 15 · 64% of median | — | 82 | 6.7 |
| 2013 | 756 | 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | — | 109 | 7.3 |
| 2014 | 523 | 6th lowest of 15 · 77% of median | — | 85 | 9.0 |
| 2015 | 777 | 12th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | — | 154 | 7.1 |
| 2016 | 758 | 11th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | — | 106 | 8.3 |
| 2017 | 863 | 14th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | — | 163 | 7.7 |
| 2018 | 442 | 4th lowest of 15 · 65% of median | — | 98 | 8.6 |
| 2019 | 439 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 65% of median | — | 103 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 679 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 85 | 8.0 |
| 2021 | 439 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 65% of median | — | 77 | 7.8 |
| 2022 | 841 | 13th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | — | 120 | 11.1 |
| 2023 | 514 | 5th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | — | 92 | 6.9 |
| 2024 | 701 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | — | 109 | 9.6 |
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 B (8/10 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 | 5 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 7006 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 60% 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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