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TAYLOR PARK RESERVOIR

Structure dossier · WDID 5903666 · 3 · TAYLOR RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1904-08-03 — 711th most senior of the 2360 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: WILD WOOD PARK DITCH (1904-04-26). Immediately behind: F E AND A C JARVIS DITCH (1905-10-25).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
30667.199381904-08-031941-04-29 111230.00.0 AIRR 400
49673.458951975-08-281986-12-31 106230.00.0 AIRRMUNRECDOMSTKPWR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 90,369 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 98,519 AF — 109% of that, and 9th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 125,307 13th lowest of 15 · 139% of median 119,702 365 1335.9
2012 52,264 4th lowest of 15 · 58% of median 85,429 366 361.2
2013 90,369 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 81,067 365 774.3
2014 130,202 14th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 117,220 365 1258.0
2015 102,086 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 104,961 365 1553.9
2016 109,506 11th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 126,821 366 1077.0
2017 114,794 12th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 112,743 365 1400.7
2018 60,626 6th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 63,970 365 581.2
2019 178,703 15th lowest of 15 · 198% of median 145,869 365 1588.5
2020 56,689 5th lowest of 15 · 63% of median 106,146 366 1127.4
2021 48,032 2nd lowest of 15 · 53% of median 73,082 365 904.0
2022 87,714 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 74,677 365 777.0
2023 46,507 1st lowest of 15 · 52% of median 35,639 365 527.0
2024 48,961 3rd lowest of 15 · 54% of median 48,955 366 803.5
2025 98,519 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 99,270 304 749.0

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