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REYNOLDS RESERVOIR

Structure dossier · WDID 4003409 · 3 · REYNOLDS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:43 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1948-11-01 — 1875th 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: BEAVER DAM EX DITCH (1948-11-01). Immediately behind: A L MILLER DITCH (1948-12-15).

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
36099.01948-11-011954-03-20 100.00.0 AIRR J326
53691.360991948-11-011997-12-31 100.00.0 AIRRFISSTKWLD

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 62 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2004, came in at 65 AF — 104% of that, and 8th lowest of the 14 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)
1990 56 5th lowest of 14 · 90% of median — 25 1.2
1991 89 11th lowest of 14 · 142% of median — 60 1.0
1992 32 4th lowest of 14 · 51% of median — 17 1.0
1993 3 1st lowest of 14 · 5% of median — 27 0.1
1994 125 14th lowest of 14 · 200% of median — 77 1.0
1995 10 2nd lowest of 14 · 16% of median — 7 1.0
1996 97 13th lowest of 14 · 155% of median — 29 1.8
1997 58 6th lowest of 14 · 93% of median — 59 0.5
1998 79 10th lowest of 14 · 126% of median — 35 1.2
1999 89 11th lowest of 14 · 142% of median — 46 1.0
2000 — no recorded volume 69 0 —
2001 71 9th lowest of 14 · 114% of median — 37 1.0
2002 28 3rd lowest of 14 · 45% of median — 15 1.0
2003 60 7th lowest of 14 · 96% of median — 21 1.5
2004 65 8th lowest of 14 · 104% of median — 34 1.0

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.