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MONTOVER SPRING NO 3

Structure dossier · WDID 4500936 · 4 · EAST DIVIDE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 01:50 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — 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 1919-06-01 — 529th most senior of the 1378 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: MONTOVER SPRING NO 2 (1910-06-15). Immediately behind: MIKLISH SPRING NO 1 & PL (1924-09-01).

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
44925.253531919-06-011973-12-31 0.20.0 CIRRDOM

Recorded use (last 12 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 20 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1999, came in at 22 AF — 110% of that, and 8th lowest of the 12 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)
1985 81 12th lowest of 12 · 405% of median 199 0.3
1986 38 11th lowest of 12 · 190% of median 208 0.2
1987 34 10th lowest of 12 · 170% of median 86 0.2
1988 6 1st lowest of 12 · 30% of median 16 0.2
1992 13 3rd lowest of 12 · 65% of median 34 0.2
1993 19 6th lowest of 12 · 95% of median 50 0.2
1994 11 2nd lowest of 12 · 55% of median 29 0.2
1995 29 9th lowest of 12 · 145% of median 73 0.2
1996 14 4th lowest of 12 · 70% of median 36 0.2
1997 16 5th lowest of 12 · 80% of median 42 0.2
1998 21 7th lowest of 12 · 105% of median 54 0.2
1999 22 8th lowest of 12 · 110% of median 57 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 884 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 29% of the irrigation seasons in 1985-1999 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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