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HIGHLINE MESA BAKER AP 5
Structure dossier · WDID 4402241 · 1 · FORTIFICATION CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 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 1889-11-18 — 152nd most senior of the 3562 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: HIGHLINE MESA BAKER AP 4 (1889-11-18). Immediately behind: LAMB IRR DITCH (1891-05-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17431.14567 | 1889-11-18 | 1897-09-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 48 |
| 17431.15191 | 1891-08-04 | 1897-09-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 57 |
| 30831.19103 | 1902-04-21 | 1935-03-25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 195 |
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