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Structure dossier · WDID 6400508 · 1 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:22 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 1897-12-13 — 126th most senior of the 2052 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: RED LION SUPPLY DITCH (1895-10-31). Immediately behind: SPARKS WELL 2-3834F (1897-12-13).

Decreed rights (4)

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
17846.175141897-12-131907-10-26 51.870.0 CIRR
17846.178461898-11-101911-01-05 51.870.0 CIRR
56002.02003-04-302003-12-31 4.735.3 CRCH
56247.02003-12-312003-12-31 31.257.8 CRCH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 12,455 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 14,314 AF — 115% of that, and 11th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 14,324 12th lowest of 15 · 115% of median — 257 69.7
2011 12,565 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median — 222 80.4
2012 9,905 1st lowest of 15 · 80% of median — 292 65.2
2013 12,455 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 352 59.7
2014 14,736 14th lowest of 15 · 118% of median — 328 76.1
2015 11,556 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median — 286 75.4
2016 14,634 13th lowest of 15 · 118% of median — 307 62.7
2017 25,671 15th lowest of 15 · 206% of median — 276 114.8
2018 10,318 2nd lowest of 15 · 83% of median — 190 73.4
2019 10,531 3rd lowest of 15 · 85% of median — 191 59.3
2020 11,785 6th lowest of 15 · 95% of median — 259 46.9
2021 13,048 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median — 277 56.4
2022 11,786 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median — 274 55.5
2023 10,958 4th lowest of 15 · 88% of median — 267 61.3
2024 14,314 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median — 253 52.5

Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 17.8% of a median season / 0.0% dry-year.

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.