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DUQUETTE D - SAMPSON HG
Structure dossier · WDID 5802160 · 1 · YAMPA RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 02:11 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 1898-06-12 — 486th 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: REDDERT DITCH (1905-07-14). Immediately behind: STEAMBOAT II WELL 1 (1898-06-12).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22186.17695 | 1898-06-12 | 1910-09-30 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNFIRDOM | AA143A |
| 45522.0 | 1974-08-20 | 1974-12-31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNRCH | |
| 54299.0 | 1998-08-31 | 1998-12-31 | 0.37 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Legal record & documents
8 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
98CW0043, 22CW3096, 06CW0048, 81CW0174, 90CW0044, 81CW0175.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
98CW0043 | 1 | 1998-12-31 | S |
22CW3096 | 2 | 1998-12-31 | S |
06CW0048 | 1 | 1998-12-31 | S |
81CW0174 | 1 | 1974-12-31 | S |
90CW0044 | 1 | 1910-09-30 | S |
81CW0175 | 2 | 1910-09-30 | S |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 178 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 295 AF — 166% of that, and 11th 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 | 603 | 14th lowest of 15 · 339% of median | 153 | 2.0 |
| 2012 | 178 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 47 | 2.5 |
| 2013 | 1,119 | 15th lowest of 15 · 629% of median | 170 | 4.6 |
| 2014 | 61 | 4th lowest of 15 · 34% of median | 90 | 0.3 |
| 2015 | 127 | 7th lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 137 | 0.7 |
| 2016 | 311 | 12th lowest of 15 · 175% of median | 93 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | 85 | 6th lowest of 15 · 48% of median | 121 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 268 | 10th lowest of 15 · 151% of median | 142 | 2.4 |
| 2019 | 183 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 152 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 70 | 5th lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 137 | 0.6 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1st lowest of 15 · 13% of median | 65 | 0.7 |
| 2022 | 351 | 13th lowest of 15 · 197% of median | 136 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | 34 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 19% of median | 29 | 0.7 |
| 2024 | 36 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 20% of median | 88 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 295 | 11th lowest of 15 · 166% of median | 189 | 1.6 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
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
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 3 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 2856 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 59% of the irrigation seasons in 2003-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.