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KEENAN SPRING NO 3

Structure dossier · WDID 5101178 · 4 · SKUNK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:07 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 1961-12-31 — 1187th most senior of the 2208 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: KEENAN SPRING NO 2 (1961-12-31). Immediately behind: KEENAN SPRING NO 4 (1961-12-31).

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
48212.409071961-12-311982-12-31 0.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 5 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 6 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2000, came in at 37 AF — 617% of that, and 4th lowest of the 5 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)
1995 4 2nd lowest of 5 · 67% of median 101 0.0
1996 6 3rd lowest of 5 · 100% of median 131 0.0
1997 2 1st lowest of 5 · 33% of median 146 0.0
1998 113 5th lowest of 5 · 1883% of median 170 0.5
2000 37 4th lowest of 5 · 617% of median 76 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 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 624 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 58% of the irrigation seasons in 1995-2000 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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