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SPRING ON MCPHEE RANCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5200708 · 4 · SHEEPHORN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 1925-12-31 — 296th most senior of the 562 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: PINEY PEAK SPRING NO 3 (1905-12-31). Immediately behind: PINEY PEAK SPRING NO 4 (1940-12-31).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45290.27758 | 1925-12-31 | 1974-12-31 | 0.033 | 0.0 | C | DOMSTK |
Recorded use (last 3 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 18 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1987, came in at 6 AF — 33% of that, and 1st lowest of the 3 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 18 | 2nd lowest of 3 · 100% of median | 275 | 0.0 |
| 1986 | 20 | 3rd lowest of 3 · 111% of median | 304 | 0.0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 1st lowest of 3 · 33% of median | 88 | 0.0 |
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