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Structure dossier · WDID 5300636 · 1 · SWEETWATER CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:38 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1906-04-06 — 232nd most senior of the 1231 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: RIDGE DITCH (1914-06-01). Immediately behind: STRINE DITCH (1910-12-21).

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
23898.205491906-04-061915-08-06 1.20.0 CIRR 247

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 86 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 14 AF — 16% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 15 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)
1980 545 15th lowest of 15 · 634% of median 171 2.0
1981 277 10th lowest of 15 · 322% of median 145 1.5
1982 474 13th lowest of 15 · 551% of median 135 2.0
1983 426 12th lowest of 15 · 495% of median 123 2.4
1984 499 14th lowest of 15 · 580% of median 145 2.4
1985 272 9th lowest of 15 · 316% of median 152 1.4
1986 320 11th lowest of 15 · 372% of median 149 1.4
1987 74 7th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 56 0.7
1988 86 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 73 0.6
1989 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
1999 32 4th lowest of 15 · 37% of median 22 0.8
2000 49 5th lowest of 15 · 57% of median 41 0.6
2001 55 6th lowest of 15 · 64% of median 52 0.6
2018 12 2nd lowest of 15 · 14% of median 42 0.2
2019 14 3rd lowest of 15 · 16% of median 37 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 1923 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 20% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2019 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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