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MEADOW CREEK RESERVOIR
Structure dossier · WDID 5103686 · 3 · MEADOW CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:50 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 1932-07-02 — 435th 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: HAMILTON-CABIN CREEK EXTENSION (1932-07-02). Immediately behind: HENDERSON MINE AUG/EXCHANGE PLAN (1932-07-02).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31259.30133 | 1932-07-02 | 1937-11-05 | 5100.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNDOMOTH | 413 |
Legal record & documents
4 decreed actions on record across
3 court cases:
CA0814, W0750, CA0657.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA0814 | 2 | 1952-11-07 | S |
W0750 | 1 | 1937-11-05 | S |
CA0657 | 1 | 1937-11-05 | 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 5,014 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 5,831 AF — 116% of that, and 12th 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 | 3,235 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 3,980 | 365 | 1433.8 |
| 2011 | 3,817 | 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 3,016 | 304 | 1770.1 |
| 2012 | 2,221 | 1st lowest of 15 · 44% of median | 4,240 | 245 | 738.1 |
| 2013 | 4,064 | 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 4,053 | 304 | 1021.9 |
| 2014 | 5,014 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 4,958 | 160 | 925.0 |
| 2015 | 5,609 | 11th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 5,159 | 112 | 361.0 |
| 2016 | 4,806 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 7,627 | 58 | 662.0 |
| 2017 | 5,875 | 13th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 2,922 | 145 | 358.0 |
| 2018 | 4,233 | 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 6,456 | 62 | 563.0 |
| 2019 | 6,498 | 15th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 6,010 | 92 | 634.0 |
| 2020 | 5,287 | 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 2,658 | 184 | 102.6 |
| 2021 | 3,216 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 2,678 | 184 | 100.5 |
| 2022 | 5,053 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 6,553 | 214 | 651.6 |
| 2023 | 5,929 | 14th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 5,980 | 245 | 254.4 |
| 2024 | 5,831 | 12th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 5,419 | 305 | 231.3 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use is rising over its last 15 recorded years (+163 AF/yr, Mann-Kendall p=0.023).
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 | 1 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 8043 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 94% of the irrigation seasons in 1984-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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