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Structure dossier · WDID 4501155 · 1 · GARFIELD CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 01:20 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 1905-07-01 — 1052nd 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: MCPHERSON SPRING NO 5 (1995-10-31). Immediately behind: LOCKARD RESERVOIR NO 2 (1911-07-22).

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
53325.20271905-07-011996-12-31 4.00.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 12 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 59 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2009, came in at 94 AF — 159% of that, and 10th 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)
1996 42 5th lowest of 12 · 71% of median 15 1.5
1997 61 7th lowest of 12 · 103% of median 31 2.0
1998 151 11th lowest of 12 · 256% of median 39 4.0
1999 238 12th lowest of 12 · 403% of median 43 4.0
2000 9 1st lowest of 12 · 15% of median 10 0.5
2001 20 4th lowest of 12 · 34% of median 6 2.0
2004 9 1st lowest of 12 · 15% of median 10 0.5
2005 57 6th lowest of 12 · 97% of median 59 1.0
2006 93 9th lowest of 12 · 158% of median 50 2.0
2007 18 3rd lowest of 12 · 30% of median 30 0.5
2008 75 8th lowest of 12 · 127% of median 77 0.5
2009 94 10th lowest of 12 · 159% of median 49 1.2

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 419 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 15% of the irrigation seasons in 1996-2009 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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