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Structure dossier · WDID 4300703 · 1 · DICKERVILLE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:52 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 in line
Priority 1903-09-20 — 642nd 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: BAER BROS SPR 9 (1896-12-31). Immediately behind: SALMON SPRING NO 1 (1887-12-31).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20336.1962 | 1903-09-20 | 1905-09-07 | 0.16 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 157 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 28 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 50 | 9th lowest of 15 · 179% of median | 39 | 1.0 |
| 1996 | 124 | 15th lowest of 15 · 443% of median | 67 | 1.5 |
| 1997 | 108 | 14th lowest of 15 · 386% of median | 76 | 1.0 |
| 1998 | 92 | 12th lowest of 15 · 329% of median | 64 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | 103 | 13th lowest of 15 · 368% of median | 71 | 1.0 |
| 2000 | 84 | 11th lowest of 15 · 300% of median | 65 | 1.0 |
| 2001 | 79 | 10th lowest of 15 · 282% of median | 68 | 0.8 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2003 | 19 | 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 66 | 0.2 |
| 2004 | 16 | 4th lowest of 15 · 57% of median | 45 | 0.2 |
| 2005 | 26 | 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 92 | 0.2 |
| 2009 | 19 | 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 39 | 0.2 |
| 2010 | 28 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 57 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
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