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CALIFORNIA CO WATER PL

Structure dossier · WDID 4300564 · 7 · WHITE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:10 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1944-07-15 — 1120th most senior of the 3293 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: SEVENTH LAKE RESERVOIR (1944-07-01). Immediately behind: BEARD DITCH (1946-05-15).

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
35679.345291944-07-151958-11-26 0.3110.0 CIND 544
39186.01957-04-151958-11-26 0.1890.0 CIND 595

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 301 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2009, came in at 301 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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)
1995 1,122 11th lowest of 15 · 373% of median 365 1.8
1996 1,464 14th lowest of 15 · 486% of median 366 3.0
1997 1,990 15th lowest of 15 · 661% of median 365 3.0
1998 1,146 12th lowest of 15 · 381% of median 365 2.0
1999 1,266 13th lowest of 15 · 421% of median 365 2.0
2000 336 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 366 1.0
2001 250 5th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 365 0.3
2002 232 1st lowest of 15 · 77% of median 365 0.3
2003 253 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 365 0.5
2004 341 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 366 0.5
2005 232 1st lowest of 15 · 77% of median 365 0.3
2006 232 1st lowest of 15 · 77% of median 365 0.3
2007 232 1st lowest of 15 · 77% of median 365 0.3
2008 254 7th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 366 0.5
2009 301 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 304 0.5

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