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WOLFORD MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR
Structure dossier · WDID 5003668 · 3 · MUDDY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:32 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 1987-12-14 — 273rd most senior of the 360 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: WOLFORD MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR POWERPLANT (1987-12-14). Immediately behind: WOLFORD-WEST SLOPE POOL (1987-12-14).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50386.0 | 1987-12-14 | 1987-12-31 | 59993.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNINDRECFISDOMSTKOTH | |
| 52976.0 | 1995-01-16 | 1995-12-31 | 6000.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNINDRECFISDOMAUGOTH | |
| 54377.0 | 1998-11-17 | 1998-12-31 | 15895.0 | 30000.0 | A | IRRMUNINDRECFISDOMSTK | |
| 56203.0 | 2003-11-17 | 2003-12-31 | 0.0 | 9775.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMSTKPWR | |
| 58804.58705 | 2010-09-23 | 2011-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | RECAUGMINPWROTH |
Legal record & documents
13 decreed actions on record across
10 court cases:
11CW0152, 05CW0265, 03CW0302, 98CW0237, 13CW3008, 95CW0281, 03CW0192, 95CW0251, 87CW0283, 02CW0107.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
11CW0152 | 1 | 2011-12-31 | S |
05CW0265 | 2 | 2005-12-31 | S |
03CW0302 | 1 | 2003-12-31 | S |
98CW0237 | 2 | 1998-12-31 | S |
13CW3008 | 1 | 1998-12-31 | S |
95CW0281 | 2 | 1995-12-31 | S |
03CW0192 | 1 | 1995-12-31 | S |
95CW0251 | 1 | 1987-12-31 | S |
87CW0283 | 1 | 1987-12-31 | S |
02CW0107 | 1 | 1987-12-31 | S |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 23,675 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 20,125 AF — 85% of that, and 5th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 22,845 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 18,613 | 365 | 569.1 |
| 2011 | 26,102 | 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 8,413 | 365 | 449.5 |
| 2012 | 12,888 | 1st lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 35,744 | 366 | 152.9 |
| 2013 | 32,972 | 13th lowest of 15 · 139% of median | 6,750 | 365 | 651.5 |
| 2014 | 31,102 | 11th lowest of 15 · 131% of median | 4,674 | 365 | 814.3 |
| 2015 | 18,121 | 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 7,416 | 304 | 298.5 |
| 2016 | 31,888 | 12th lowest of 15 · 135% of median | 13,763 | 214 | 710.1 |
| 2017 | 23,675 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 10,337 | 306 | 366.2 |
| 2018 | 15,885 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 31,676 | 304 | 422.3 |
| 2019 | 36,867 | 15th lowest of 15 · 156% of median | 14,793 | 214 | 544.8 |
| 2020 | 23,506 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 13,996 | 335 | 750.4 |
| 2021 | 17,340 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 73% of median | 35,272 | 365 | 368.3 |
| 2022 | 30,432 | 10th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 17,493 | 365 | 511.4 |
| 2023 | 34,001 | 14th lowest of 15 · 144% of median | 9,194 | 365 | 743.5 |
| 2024 | 20,125 | 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 11,180 | 305 | 511.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 5 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 8252 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1999-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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