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Structure dossier · WDID 5800943 · 1 · SODA CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:24 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 1887-06-10 — 49th 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: SODA CREEK DITCH (1887-06-10). Immediately behind: COOK SPRING 1 (1887-06-10).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13675.0 | 1887-06-10 | 1892-09-22 | 1.98 | 0.0 | C | IRR | (33)32 |
| 13971.0 | 1888-04-01 | 1892-09-22 | 0.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 42 |
| 24481.21765 | 1909-08-04 | 1917-01-22 | 12.06 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 188AAA |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 276 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 266 AF — 96% of that, and 6th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 241 | 4th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 113 | 5.7 |
| 2012 | 695 | 14th lowest of 15 · 252% of median | 127 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 345 | 13th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 92 | 2.4 |
| 2014 | 317 | 12th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 105 | 2.4 |
| 2015 | 974 | 15th lowest of 15 · 353% of median | 154 | 4.2 |
| 2016 | 90 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 33% of median | 54 | 2.1 |
| 2017 | 263 | 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 114 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | 315 | 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 123 | 2.8 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 235 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 109 | 1.9 |
| 2021 | 268 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 115 | 2.9 |
| 2022 | 276 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 104 | 2.6 |
| 2023 | 300 | 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 110 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 296 | 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 113 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 266 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 70 | 3.3 |
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