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LILYLANDS RESERVOIR
Structure dossier · WDID 6003510 · 3 · NATURITA CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:47 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.
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 1931-07-01 — 867th 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: JAY BAR (1931-05-01). Immediately behind: CRABTREE DITCH (1932-04-01).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30604.29766 | 1931-07-01 | 1939-11-01 | 254.97 | 0.0 | A | IRR | 319 |
| 33474.0 | 1941-08-25 | 1952-07-10 | 3.74 | 0.0 | A | IRRSTK | 401 |
| 37446.3485 | 1945-06-01 | 1967-01-16 | 239.0 | 701.7 | A | IRR | 480, 480C |
| 52960.36858 | 1950-11-30 | 1995-12-31 | 250.0 | 0.0 | A | STK | |
| 52960.51042 | 1989-09-30 | 1995-12-31 | 0.0 | 1700.0 | A | IRRFIRDOMSTKAUG |
Recorded use (last 10 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 3,065 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1997, came in at 1,438 AF — 47% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 9 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5,092 | 9th lowest of 9 · 166% of median | — | 125 | 30.0 |
| 1987 | 4,174 | 8th lowest of 9 · 136% of median | — | 115 | 25.0 |
| 1988 | 2,823 | 4th lowest of 9 · 92% of median | — | 117 | 14.0 |
| 1989 | 3,225 | 7th lowest of 9 · 105% of median | — | 124 | 15.0 |
| 1990 | 1,187 | 1st lowest of 9 · 39% of median | — | 78 | 9.0 |
| 1991 | 2,067 | 3rd lowest of 9 · 67% of median | — | 71 | 28.0 |
| 1992 | 3,065 | 5th lowest of 9 · 100% of median | — | 115 | 15.0 |
| 1993 | 3,186 | 6th lowest of 9 · 104% of median | — | 80 | 25.0 |
| 1997 | 1,438 | 2nd lowest of 9 · 47% of median | — | 43 | 20.0 |
| 2016 | — | no recorded volume | 61,612 | 0 | — |
Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.