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DINOSAUR MUN WELL 3

Structure dossier · WDID 4306206 · 2 · DRIPPING ROCK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:45 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 1959-04-24 — 2027th 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: REEVES RES (1953-06-10). Immediately behind: DINOSAUR MUN WELL 1 (1960-05-31).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
47847.399251959-04-241981-12-31 0.1320.0 CMUN

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 77 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2003, came in at 67 AF — 87% of that, and 6th 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)
1989 33 3rd lowest of 15 · 43% of median 61 0.3
1990 195 14th lowest of 15 · 253% of median 365 0.3
1991 195 14th lowest of 15 · 253% of median 365 0.3
1992 180 13th lowest of 15 · 234% of median 366 0.3
1993 90 10th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 365 0.1
1994 34 4th lowest of 15 · 44% of median 365 0.1
1995 24 2nd lowest of 15 · 31% of median 365 0.1
1996 15 1st lowest of 15 · 20% of median 366 0.1
1997 55 5th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 365 0.2
1998 82 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 365 0.2
1999 101 12th lowest of 15 · 131% of median 365 0.1
2000 90 10th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 366 0.1
2001 77 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 365 0.1
2002 69 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 349 0.1
2003 67 6th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 304 0.1

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 5097 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1989-2003 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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