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STEAMBOAT SKI CORPORATION SNOWMAKING EQU
Structure dossier · WDID 5802374 · 7 · YAMPA RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 02:15 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 1981-01-12 — 1632nd 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: SHELLEY USSERY RES (1979-08-01). Immediately behind: STEAMBOAT SKI CORPORATIO (1981-01-12).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47859.0 | 1981-01-12 | 1981-12-31 | 8.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDSNO | |
| 52958.0 | 1994-12-29 | 1994-12-31 | 2.35 | 5.65 | C | SNO |
Legal record & documents
6 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
94CW0151, 22CW3013, 11CW0011, 90CW0058, 82CW0065, 81CW0013.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
94CW0151 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
22CW3013 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
11CW0011 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
90CW0058 | 1 | 1981-12-31 | S |
82CW0065 | 1 | 1981-12-31 | S |
81CW0013 | 1 | 1981-12-31 | 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 309 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 75 AF — 24% of that, and 2nd 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 287 | 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 79 | 6.5 |
| 2007 | 329 | 13th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 99 | 6.0 |
| 2008 | 254 | 5th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 114 | 5.9 |
| 2009 | 328 | 12th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 101 | 6.3 |
| 2010 | 222 | 4th lowest of 15 · 72% of median | 116 | 7.0 |
| 2011 | 309 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 149 | 6.4 |
| 2012 | 317 | 10th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 210 | 8.7 |
| 2013 | 314 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 222 | 8.5 |
| 2014 | 280 | 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 365 | 8.7 |
| 2015 | 65 | 1st lowest of 15 · 21% of median | 276 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | 341 | 14th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 54 | 8.0 |
| 2021 | 324 | 11th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 127 | 8.0 |
| 2022 | 82 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 26% of median | 61 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | 395 | 15th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 57 | 12.8 |
| 2024 | 75 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 24% of median | 152 | 3.6 |
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 | 2 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 3712 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 46% of the irrigation seasons in 1986-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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