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MIRAMONTE RESERVOIR

Structure dossier · WDID 6003512 · 3 · NATURITA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:46 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 get called out?

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 1964-11-051003rd 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: MIRAMONTE SUPPLY DITCH (1964-11-05). Immediately behind: PALMER RESERVOIR NO 2 (1965-09-04).

Decreed rights (1)

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
41947.01964-11-051967-01-16 6851.070.0 ARECFIS 525

Recorded use (last 3 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 91 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 91 AF — 100% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 3 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
1975 1,561 3rd lowest of 3 · 1715% of median 177 30.0
2013 0 1st lowest of 3 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2022 91 2nd lowest of 3 · 100% of median 17 3.4

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.