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Structure dossier · WDID 6200822 · 1 · LAKE FORK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:17 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 1914-06-01 — 264th 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: MAURER TOPLISS DRAW D (1913-05-01). Immediately behind: SUNNYSIDE DITCH (1915-05-01).

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
27585.235271914-06-011941-04-21 4.50.0 CIRRDOMSTK 291, 292

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 63 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 100 AF — 159% of that, and 11th lowest of the 15 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)
2009 75 9th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 172 0.3
2010 63 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 146 0.3
2011 59 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 152 0.3
2012 47 5th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 185 0.2
2013 19 3rd lowest of 15 · 30% of median 122 0.2
2014 163 13th lowest of 15 · 259% of median 93 1.2
2015 53 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 57 0.6
2017 39 4th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 20 1.4
2018 12 2nd lowest of 15 · 19% of median 28 0.2
2019 838 15th lowest of 15 · 1330% of median 133 5.3
2020 152 12th lowest of 15 · 241% of median 137 0.8
2021 5 1st lowest of 15 · 8% of median 55 0.1
2023 80 10th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 66 0.8
2024 164 14th lowest of 15 · 260% of median 87 1.0
2025 100 11th lowest of 15 · 159% of median 66 0.8

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 2699 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 44% of the irrigation seasons in 1997-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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