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CRAIG RES NO 1
Structure dossier · WDID 6303644 · 3 · WEST CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 03:00 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 1950-08-01 — 369th most senior of the 533 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: MASSEY SPRING (1950-03-06). Immediately behind: AMES BENCH SPG AND RES (1967-01-26).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49673.36737 | 1950-08-01 | 1986-12-31 | 525.0 | 0.0 | A | IRR | |
| 56613.37254 | 1951-12-31 | 2005-12-31 | 77.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRRECFIS |
Legal record & documents
4 decreed actions on record across
3 court cases:
10CW0207, 05CW0259, 86CW0127.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
10CW0207 | 2 | 2010-12-31 | S |
05CW0259 | 1 | 2005-12-31 | S |
86CW0127 | 1 | 1986-12-31 | S |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 112 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 536 AF — 479% of that, and 10th lowest of the 12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | — | no recorded volume | 62 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 176 | 7th lowest of 12 · 157% of median | 360 | 53 | 6.0 |
| 2012 | — | no recorded volume | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 7 | 3rd lowest of 12 · 6% of median | 0 | 61 | 0.1 |
| 2014 | 236 | 8th lowest of 12 · 211% of median | 102 | 196 | 4.5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 420 | 9th lowest of 12 · 375% of median | 239 | 128 | 3.7 |
| 2017 | 680 | 11th lowest of 12 · 607% of median | 304 | 101 | 15.9 |
| 2018 | 22 | 5th lowest of 12 · 20% of median | 0 | 94 | 0.8 |
| 2019 | 1,181 | 12th lowest of 12 · 1054% of median | 329 | 113 | 66.1 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4th lowest of 12 · 19% of median | 19 | 33 | 0.4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | — | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 48 | 6th lowest of 12 · 43% of median | 77 | 13 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | 536 | 10th lowest of 12 · 479% of median | 159 | 64 | 43.5 |
| 2024 | — | no recorded volume | 60 | 0 | — |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 12 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 2 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 884 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 14% of the irrigation seasons in 1995-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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.