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WURTSMITH SPRING PL

Structure dossier · WDID 5300889 · 7 · DERBY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:02 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 1952-08-01 — 356th 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: HEART LAKE RESERVOIR (1952-07-29). Immediately behind: CABIN CREEK BASIN DITCH (1952-08-21).

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
37468.01952-08-011956-02-07 0.210.0 CDOM 380

Recorded use (last 11 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 108 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1987, came in at 42 AF — 39% of that, and 4th lowest of the 11 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)
1974 24 1st lowest of 11 · 22% of median 61 0.2
1975 169 10th lowest of 11 · 156% of median 365 0.4
1976 267 11th lowest of 11 · 247% of median 365 0.4
1977 127 8th lowest of 11 · 118% of median 304 0.2
1978 108 5th lowest of 11 · 100% of median 273 0.2
1979 24 1st lowest of 11 · 22% of median 61 0.2
1980 121 7th lowest of 11 · 112% of median 304 0.2
1982 108 5th lowest of 11 · 100% of median 273 0.2
1984 25 3rd lowest of 11 · 23% of median 61 0.2
1985 127 8th lowest of 11 · 118% of median 304 0.2
1987 42 4th lowest of 11 · 39% of median 102 0.2

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 2473 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 90% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-1987 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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