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STEAMBOAT LAKE
Structure dossier · WDID 5803787 · 3 · WILLOW CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:40 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 1895-06-25 — 250th 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: REYNOLDS HUMPHERY D (1895-06-25). Immediately behind: FIRST CHANCE DITCH (1901-09-01).
Decreed rights (15)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19252.16612 | 1895-06-25 | 1902-09-18 | 8.0 | 0.0 | A | ALL | 132 |
| 30845.25763 | 1920-07-15 | 1934-11-16 | 19.5 | 0.0 | A | ALL | 135 |
| 31257.294 | 1930-06-30 | 1935-11-12 | 24.4 | 0.0 | A | ALL | 136 |
| 31626.2912 | 1929-09-23 | 1936-11-10 | 10.0 | 0.0 | A | ALL | 134 |
| 31626.30895 | 1934-08-03 | 1936-11-10 | 30.75 | 0.0 | A | ALL | 137 |
| 31760.266 | 1922-10-30 | 1937-04-05 | 28.8 | 0.0 | A | ALL | 136AA |
| 33337.30895 | 1934-08-03 | 1942-06-29 | 51.25 | 0.0 | A | ALL | 137 |
| 33782.29371 | 1930-06-01 | 1946-09-14 | 20.6 | 0.0 | A | ALL | 333 |
| 38144.0 | 1954-06-08 | 1960-09-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNINDRECFISDOMSTKPWR | 11 |
| 39254.37538 | 1952-10-10 | 1964-03-30 | 35.1 | 0.0 | A | ALL | 28 |
| 39254.38504 | 1955-06-03 | 1964-03-30 | 8.5 | 0.0 | A | ALL | 34 |
| 39599.0 | 1958-06-02 | 1964-03-30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECDOMPWRALL | 40 |
| 41727.40833 | 1961-10-18 | 1972-05-30 | 23064.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRINDRECFISDOM | 44, 44A |
| 41727.41412 | 1963-05-20 | 1972-05-30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECDOMPWRALL | C45 |
| 51134.43234 | 1968-05-15 | 1990-12-31 | 3300.0 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNINDRECFISAUG |
Recorded use (last 11 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 4,133 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2015, came in at 4,133 AF — 100% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 5 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | — | no recorded volume | 1,700 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | — | no recorded volume | 2,807 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | — | no recorded volume | 28,470 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | — | no recorded volume | 506 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 490 | 1st lowest of 5 · 12% of median | — | 60 | 4.8 |
| 2012 | 3,854 | 2nd lowest of 5 · 93% of median | 780 | 247 | 88.8 |
| 2013 | 7,457 | 4th lowest of 5 · 180% of median | 127 | 257 | 184.8 |
| 2014 | 10,752 | 5th lowest of 5 · 260% of median | — | 269 | 275.2 |
| 2015 | 4,133 | 3rd lowest of 5 · 100% of median | — | 304 | 85.7 |
| 2020 | — | no recorded volume | 473 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | — | no recorded volume | 412 | 0 | — |
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