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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS FINAL TREATMENT EFFLUE

Structure dossier · WDID 5802117 · 7 · YAMPA RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:38 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1888-09-18 — 75th 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: HOWELSON HILL DITCH (1888-09-18). Immediately behind: WHEELER DITCH NO. 2 (1888-09-24).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
14141.01888-09-181892-09-22 0.00.0 CIRRMUNRECFISDOMAUGWLD (57)59
30095.254951919-10-211934-06-14 0.00.0 CIRRMUNRECFISDOMAUGWLD 59A
46019.01975-12-301975-12-31 5.450.0 CIRRMUN

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 92 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2015, came in at 19 AF — 21% 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)
1996 92 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 37 1.5
1997 92 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 38 1.5
1998 126 13th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 57 1.5
1999 103 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 50 1.5
2000 114 12th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 37 2.0
2001 130 14th lowest of 15 · 141% of median 64 1.7
2002 138 15th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 66 1.5
2003 106 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 50 1.6
2004 50 5th lowest of 15 · 54% of median 27 1.4
2005 76 7th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 33 1.4
2006 46 4th lowest of 15 · 50% of median 28 1.4
2007 71 6th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 36 1.4
2008 37 2nd lowest of 15 · 40% of median 20 1.3
2009 37 2nd lowest of 15 · 40% of median 20 1.3
2015 19 1st lowest of 15 · 21% of median 11 1.4

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