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Structure dossier · WDID 4300808 · 1 · WHITE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:22 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 1883-11-20 — 11th 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: MARTIN DITCH (1883-06-07). Immediately behind: OLD AGENCY DITCH (1884-04-20).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12377.0 | 1883-11-20 | 1889-05-10 | 20.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUN | 7 |
| 32172.13624 | 1887-04-20 | 1942-05-26 | 5.7 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 335 |
| 46020.45048 | 1973-05-03 | 1976-12-31 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | IRRSTK |
Legal record & documents
4 decreed actions on record across
4 court cases:
W2956-76, CA0624, 18CW0003, CA0133.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W2956-76 | 1 | 1976-12-31 | S |
CA0624 | 1 | 1942-05-26 | S |
18CW0003 | 1 | 1903-05-25 | S |
CA0133 | 1 | 1889-05-10 | O |
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 2,105 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,973 AF — 94% of that, and 6th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,152 | 15th lowest of 15 · 245% of median | 319 | 28.0 |
| 2012 | 4,106 | 14th lowest of 15 · 195% of median | 185 | 14.5 |
| 2013 | 2,165 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 190 | 7.5 |
| 2014 | 2,654 | 13th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 144 | 16.2 |
| 2015 | 1,490 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 150 | 8.3 |
| 2016 | 2,105 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 178 | 21.6 |
| 2017 | 2,085 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 160 | 24.5 |
| 2018 | 1,872 | 4th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 157 | 25.9 |
| 2019 | 1,885 | 5th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 145 | 26.0 |
| 2020 | 2,531 | 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 173 | 26.0 |
| 2021 | 2,195 | 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 138 | 26.0 |
| 2022 | 952 | 1st lowest of 15 · 45% of median | 122 | 13.4 |
| 2023 | 2,235 | 11th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 160 | 22.5 |
| 2024 | 1,386 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 114 | 21.5 |
| 2025 | 1,973 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 158 | 21.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use is falling over its last 15 recorded years (-100 AF/yr, Mann-Kendall p=0.048).
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 | 3 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 10702 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 70% of the irrigation seasons in 1954-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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