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CRAWFORD DIVERSION 1

Structure dossier · WDID 5801399 · 1 · YAMPA RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:28 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 1986-06-24 — 1840th 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: GRETCHEN SPRING 2 (1986-06-15). Immediately behind: CRAWFORD DIVERSION 2 (1986-06-24).

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
49848.01986-06-241986-12-31 0.50.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 15 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2016, came in at 6 AF — 40% of that, and 2nd 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)
1998 13 6th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 54 0.2
1999 12 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 46 0.2
2000 13 6th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 28 0.2
2001 10 3rd lowest of 15 · 67% of median 22 0.2
2002 16 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 67 0.2
2003 15 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 39 0.2
2004 30 14th lowest of 15 · 200% of median 62 0.2
2006 21 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 54 0.2
2007 18 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 37 0.2
2008 11 4th lowest of 15 · 73% of median 24 0.2
2009 17 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 36 0.2
2010 16 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 33 0.2
2011 4 1st lowest of 15 · 27% of median 5 0.5
2013 50 15th lowest of 15 · 333% of median 110 0.5
2016 6 2nd lowest of 15 · 40% of median 18 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 856 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 17% of the irrigation seasons in 1992-2016 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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