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Structure dossier · WDID 5801070 · 1 · MIDDLE HUNT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:31 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 in line

Priority 1958-07-01 — 795th 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: GROUSE MTN RES (1958-06-02). Immediately behind: BURNT MESA SUPPLY DITCH (1958-08-29).

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
39628.01958-07-011964-03-30 2.50.0 CIRR 38

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 35 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 0 AF — 0% 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)
1999 44 10th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 45 0.5
2003 33 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 43 1.0
2004 55 12th lowest of 15 · 157% of median 104 0.5
2005 89 14th lowest of 15 · 254% of median 97 0.5
2006 24 4th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 50 0.2
2007 35 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 71 0.2
2008 53 11th lowest of 15 · 151% of median 54 0.5
2009 101 15th lowest of 15 · 289% of median 103 0.5
2010 57 13th lowest of 15 · 163% of median 116 0.2
2011 24 4th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 28 0.5
2013 21 3rd lowest of 15 · 60% of median 8 1.5
2014 39 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 23 1.0
2016 35 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 38 0.5
2023 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2025 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0

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