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Structure dossier · WDID 4700662 · 1 · MICHIGAN RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:51 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 1885-04-01 — 33rd most senior of the 1262 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: CHACE DITCH (1884-10-31). Immediately behind: WALDEN MICHIGAN R DIV (1885-04-01).

Decreed rights (6)

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
12875.01885-04-011892-09-19 5.00.0 CIRRMUN 24(23)
13619.01887-04-151892-09-19 8.00.0 CIRR 71(69)
14137.01888-09-141892-09-19 1.00.0 CIRR 157(143)
14396.01889-05-311892-09-19 1.00.0 CIRR 186(167)
18742.01901-04-251902-04-23 12.00.0 CIRR 307(288)
50403.290151929-06-101988-12-31 21.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 3,345 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,931 AF — 58% of that, and 3rd 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)
2008 4,557 13th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 63 46.3
2009 4,682 14th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 71 50.8
2010 4,515 12th lowest of 15 · 135% of median 77 67.7
2012 3,158 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 87 47.8
2013 4,289 11th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 73 40.0
2014 2,974 4th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 53 35.0
2015 4,138 10th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 46 66.2
2016 5,021 15th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 70 40.0
2017 3,345 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 41 44.4
2018 3,400 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 60 36.3
2019 1,660 1st lowest of 15 · 50% of median 46 18.6
2020 3,011 5th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 76 32.9
2021 1,737 2nd lowest of 15 · 52% of median 48 23.9
2022 3,233 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 38 44.0
2025 1,931 3rd lowest of 15 · 58% of median 59 30.3

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