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WINDY GAP PUMP PIPELINE CANAL
Structure dossier · WDID 5104700 · 8 · 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 1967-06-22 — 783rd 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: WINDY GAP RESERVOIR (1967-06-22). Immediately behind: BULL RUN CREEK RESERVOIR (1968-08-27).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43621.42906 | 1967-06-22 | 1972-05-31 | 300.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDREC | |
| 46751.46211 | 1976-07-09 | 1978-12-31 | 100.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDREC | |
| 47602.0 | 1980-04-30 | 1980-12-31 | 200.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDREC |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 12,394 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 40,172 AF — 324% of that, and 13th lowest of the 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 40,993 | 14th lowest of 15 · 331% of median | 365 | 357.0 |
| 2008 | 33,523 | 12th lowest of 15 · 270% of median | 366 | 357.0 |
| 2009 | 26,369 | 11th lowest of 15 · 213% of median | 365 | 357.0 |
| 2010 | 6,758 | 7th lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 304 | 184.0 |
| 2012 | 5,145 | 6th lowest of 15 · 42% of median | 122 | 184.0 |
| 2013 | 45,061 | 15th lowest of 15 · 364% of median | 365 | 607.0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 304 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 61 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 304 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 60 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 26,236 | 10th lowest of 15 · 212% of median | 300 | 510.0 |
| 2019 | 12,394 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 91 | 184.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 56 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 15,435 | 9th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 354 | 453.5 |
| 2022 | 40,172 | 13th lowest of 15 · 324% of median | 303 | 572.8 |
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