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Structure dossier · WDID 6000577 · 1 · SAN MIGUEL RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:59 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
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 1896-07-01 — 129th most senior of the 2893 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: CARR WADDLE DITCH (1896-07-01). Immediately behind: PARKWAY DITCH NEW (1896-07-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16984.0 | 1896-07-01 | 1911-06-03 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 76 |
| 19266.0 | 1902-10-01 | 1911-06-03 | 1.37 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 104 |
| 30771.0 | 1934-04-01 | 1939-11-01 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 329 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 718 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 872 | 10th lowest of 15 · 121% of median | 134 | 4.0 |
| 1988 | 1,006 | 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 170 | 3.0 |
| 1989 | 662 | 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 168 | 2.0 |
| 1990 | 887 | 12th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 206 | 2.5 |
| 1991 | 886 | 11th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 184 | 2.8 |
| 1992 | 1,032 | 14th lowest of 15 · 144% of median | 191 | 3.0 |
| 1993 | 607 | 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 172 | 2.2 |
| 1994 | 718 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 179 | 2.8 |
| 1995 | 661 | 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 185 | 2.2 |
| 1996 | 813 | 9th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 179 | 3.0 |
| 1997 | 1,157 | 15th lowest of 15 · 161% of median | 192 | 3.5 |
| 1998 | 36 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 5% of median | 36 | 0.8 |
| 1999 | 543 | 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 174 | 2.5 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 5 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
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