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FRANK ADAMS D NO 2
Structure dossier · WDID 6200605 · 1 · GUNNISON RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:51 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 1880-09-01 — 14th most senior of the 1980 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: COPELAND ELK CR D (1880-09-01). Immediately behind: RADEKA DITCH (1880-09-01).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11202.0 | 1880-09-01 | 1904-03-28 | 3.26 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 18 |
| 12113.0 | 1883-03-01 | 1904-03-28 | 3.26 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 33 |
| 23138.20584 | 1906-05-11 | 1925-07-11 | 3.39 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 143 |
| 27585.11202 | 1880-09-01 | 1941-04-21 | 9.24 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 179 |
| 27585.12479 | 1884-03-01 | 1941-04-21 | 9.24 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 188 |
| 27585.14033 | 1888-06-02 | 1941-04-21 | 8.61 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 203 |
| 27585.19811 | 1904-03-29 | 1941-04-21 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 244 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,740 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 3,025 AF — 174% of that, and 12th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1,740 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 45 | 26.9 |
| 2010 | 1,819 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 44 | 26.3 |
| 2011 | 3,480 | 14th lowest of 15 · 200% of median | 94 | 31.8 |
| 2012 | 1,459 | 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 119 | 9.2 |
| 2013 | 3,643 | 15th lowest of 15 · 209% of median | 73 | 28.1 |
| 2014 | 2,817 | 10th lowest of 15 · 162% of median | 61 | 27.5 |
| 2015 | 1,332 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 35 | 27.5 |
| 2017 | 1,708 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 46 | 27.5 |
| 2018 | 3,071 | 13th lowest of 15 · 176% of median | 118 | 25.7 |
| 2019 | 2,995 | 11th lowest of 15 · 172% of median | 70 | 35.3 |
| 2020 | 1,485 | 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 55 | 22.8 |
| 2021 | 676 | 1st lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 67 | 13.1 |
| 2022 | 1,642 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 104 | 21.3 |
| 2023 | 1,432 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 70 | 19.4 |
| 2024 | 3,025 | 12th lowest of 15 · 174% of median | 61 | 29.1 |
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