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Structure dossier · WDID 5804213 · 3 · YAMPA RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:21 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 1888-10-22 — 81st 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: MORRISON CREEK DITCH B (1888-10-21). Immediately behind: BAXTER DITCH (1888-10-29).
Decreed rights (12)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14175.0 | 1888-10-22 | 1892-09-22 | 49.3 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNINDRECFISDOMSTKAUGEVP | (60)64 |
| 14563.0 | 1889-11-14 | 1892-09-22 | 296.7 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNINDRECFISDOMSTKAUGEVP | (77)86 |
| 20450.19968 | 1904-09-02 | 1906-09-20 | 8.8 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNINDRECFISDOMSTKAUGEVP | 175 |
| 33782.24988 | 1918-06-01 | 1946-09-14 | 84.8 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNINDRECFISDOMSTKAUGEVP | 317F |
| 33782.25353 | 1919-06-01 | 1946-09-14 | 116.3 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNINDRECFISDOMSTKAUGEVP | 318B, 321B |
| 39599.0 | 1958-06-02 | 1964-03-30 | 0.0 | 130.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFISDOMSTKAUGPWRALL | 40, 40A, 4 |
| 40815.0 | 1961-09-30 | 1964-03-30 | 11614.2 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNINDRECFISDOMSTKPWR | 52A |
| 41727.39991 | 1959-06-29 | 1972-05-30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNINDRECFISDOMSTKPWR | 39, 39A |
| 41727.39991 | 1959-06-29 | 1972-05-30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNINDRECFISDOMSTKPWR | 39, 39A |
| 41727.41412 | 1963-05-20 | 1972-05-30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECDOMPWRALL | 45A, 45B, |
| 44559.44488 | 1971-10-21 | 1972-12-31 | 0.0 | 3927.9 | A | STO | |
| 53691.53386 | 1996-03-01 | 1997-12-31 | 6670.0 | 0.0 | A | STOIRRMUNINDRECFISDOMSTKAUGPWR |
Legal record & documents
59 decreed actions on record across
11 court cases:
01CW0041, 97CW0084, W0414-72, 16CW3016, W1091-76, W0946-76, 92CW0026, 07CW0040, CA3538, 95CW0116 and 1 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
01CW0041 | 8 | 2001-12-31 | S |
97CW0084 | 1 | 1997-12-31 | S |
W0414-72 | 1 | 1972-12-31 | S |
16CW3016 | 17 | 1972-12-31 | S |
W1091-76 | 9 | 1972-05-30 | S |
W0946-76 | 2 | 1972-05-30 | S |
92CW0026 | 6 | 1972-05-30 | S |
07CW0040 | 3 | 1972-05-30 | S |
CA3538 | 1 | 1964-03-30 | S |
95CW0116 | 5 | 1964-03-30 | S |
95CW0078 | 6 | 1946-09-14 | O, 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 6,944 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 10,945 AF — 158% of that, and 11th lowest of the 12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | — | no recorded volume | 486 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 1,893 | 3rd lowest of 12 · 27% of median | 7,671 | 48 | 91.3 |
| 2012 | 583 | 2nd lowest of 12 · 8% of median | 6,582 | 24 | 43.9 |
| 2013 | 2,085 | 4th lowest of 12 · 30% of median | 3,958 | 105 | 105.7 |
| 2014 | 10,696 | 10th lowest of 12 · 154% of median | 9,761 | 338 | 301.6 |
| 2015 | 9,097 | 9th lowest of 12 · 131% of median | 6,086 | 365 | 165.5 |
| 2016 | 7,785 | 7th lowest of 12 · 112% of median | 5,630 | 286 | 151.3 |
| 2017 | 6,104 | 6th lowest of 12 · 88% of median | 5,023 | 247 | 59.0 |
| 2018 | 8,079 | 8th lowest of 12 · 116% of median | 6,139 | 365 | 255.9 |
| 2019 | 18,267 | 12th lowest of 12 · 263% of median | 5,070 | 337 | 385.8 |
| 2020 | 5,169 | 5th lowest of 12 · 74% of median | 7,187 | 129 | 145.2 |
| 2021 | — | no recorded volume | 815 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 556 | 1st lowest of 12 · 8% of median | 7,732 | 47 | 22.8 |
| 2023 | 10,945 | 11th lowest of 12 · 158% of median | 7,452 | 139 | 440.9 |
| 2024 | — | no recorded volume | 11,233 | 0 | — |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 12 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 | 12 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 2484 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 52% of the irrigation seasons in 2002-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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