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YELLOW CAT WELL

Structure dossier · WDID 4305019 · 2 · WHITE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:01 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 1946-05-01 — 1085th 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: PUCKETT GULCH WELL (1945-12-31). Immediately behind: CALVER WELL (1946-09-27).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
35184.01946-05-011972-12-31 0.1340.0 CALL

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 22 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2009, came in at 18 AF — 82% of that, and 5th 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)
1994 34 14th lowest of 15 · 154% of median 123 0.1
1995 27 12th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 270 0.1
1996 30 13th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 305 0.1
1997 17 3rd lowest of 15 · 77% of median 173 0.1
1998 11 2nd lowest of 15 · 50% of median 193 0.0
2000 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2001 17 3rd lowest of 15 · 77% of median 273 0.1
2002 61 15th lowest of 15 · 277% of median 365 0.1
2003 22 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 365 0.0
2004 22 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 366 0.0
2005 22 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 365 0.0
2006 22 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 365 0.0
2007 22 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 365 0.0
2008 22 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 366 0.0
2009 18 5th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 304 0.0

How good is our record of it?

Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 4651 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1991-2009 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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