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SPRING BRANCH PIPE LINE

Structure dossier · WDID 5800876 · 7 · WATSON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:49 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 1937-08-01 — 651st most senior of the 3097 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: STILLWATER NO. 1 RESERVOIR (1935-01-09). Immediately behind: SEED HOUSE RANGER STA P (1937-08-27).

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
33782.319891937-08-011946-09-14 0.160.0 CIRRDOM 342

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 146 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1978, came in at 56 AF — 38% of that, and 1st 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)
1964 230 14th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 70 2.5
1965 146 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 57 1.5
1966 167 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 63 1.5
1967 196 12th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 75 1.5
1968 190 11th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 70 1.5
1969 244 15th lowest of 15 · 167% of median 84 1.5
1970 87 5th lowest of 15 · 60% of median 275 0.2
1971 164 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 304 0.3
1972 107 7th lowest of 15 · 73% of median 276 0.3
1973 212 13th lowest of 15 · 145% of median 365 0.3
1974 96 6th lowest of 15 · 66% of median 304 0.2
1975 57 2nd lowest of 15 · 39% of median 179 0.2
1976 57 2nd lowest of 15 · 39% of median 181 0.2
1977 61 4th lowest of 15 · 42% of median 191 0.2
1978 56 1st lowest of 15 · 38% of median 177 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 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 4741 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 73% of the irrigation seasons in 1948-1978 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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