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BAKER SPRINGS

Structure dossier · WDID 4501048 · 4 · COLORADO RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:49 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 1886-06-01 — 95th 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: HANN DITCH (1900-08-29). Immediately behind: IVY SPRINGS WASTE WTR D (1898-03-04).

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
18590.133011886-06-011900-12-17 1.00.0 CIRRDOM 54A

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 187 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 284 AF — 152% of that, and 12th 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)
1988 409 15th lowest of 15 · 219% of median 207 1.0
1990 393 14th lowest of 15 · 210% of median 199 1.0
1991 192 10th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 208 0.6
1992 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
1993 78 5th lowest of 15 · 42% of median 159 0.2
1994 76 4th lowest of 15 · 41% of median 154 0.2
1995 60 2nd lowest of 15 · 32% of median 122 0.2
1996 347 13th lowest of 15 · 186% of median 205 1.0
1997 240 11th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 162 0.8
1998 63 3rd lowest of 15 · 34% of median 129 0.2
1999 190 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 193 0.5
2000 92 6th lowest of 15 · 49% of median 160 0.5
2001 187 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 190 0.5
2002 99 7th lowest of 15 · 53% of median 200 0.2
2019 284 12th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 187 1.0

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 2661 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 38% of the irrigation seasons in 1987-2019 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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