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MIN FLOW COLORADO RIVER GRANBY OUTLET-FR
Structure dossier · WDID 5102089 · MF · COLORADO RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:54 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 in line
Priority 1990-11-27 — 1377th 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: MIN FLOW POLE CREEK LOW (1990-11-27). Immediately behind: MIN FLOW CROOKED CR MID2 (1990-11-27).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51465.0 | 1990-11-27 | 1990-12-31 | 40.0 | 0.0 | C | MIN |
Recorded use (last 11 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 16,907 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 16,828 AF — 100% of that, and 5th lowest of the 11 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 83 | 1st lowest of 11 · 0% of median | 24 | 1.8 |
| 2014 | 2,420 | 3rd lowest of 11 · 14% of median | 61 | 20.0 |
| 2015 | 16,907 | 6th lowest of 11 · 100% of median | 304 | 40.0 |
| 2017 | 2,420 | 3rd lowest of 11 · 14% of median | 61 | 20.0 |
| 2018 | 17,415 | 8th lowest of 11 · 103% of median | 316 | 40.0 |
| 2019 | 19,318 | 10th lowest of 11 · 114% of median | 365 | 40.0 |
| 2020 | 19,350 | 11th lowest of 11 · 114% of median | 366 | 40.0 |
| 2021 | 19,294 | 9th lowest of 11 · 114% of median | 365 | 40.0 |
| 2022 | 16,911 | 7th lowest of 11 · 100% of median | 304 | 40.0 |
| 2023 | 2,359 | 2nd lowest of 11 · 14% of median | 61 | 20.0 |
| 2024 | 16,828 | 5th lowest of 11 · 100% of median | 305 | 40.0 |
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