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Structure dossier · WDID 6400524 · 1 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:13 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 1882-10-14 — 35th 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: KAUFMAN WELL 3-1898 (1882-06-22). Immediately behind: SOUTH PLATTE RIVER (1882-10-14).

Decreed rights (3)

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
11975.01882-10-141894-11-15 39.7610.0 CIRR
55882.557862002-09-262003-12-31 40.00.0 CIRRFIRSTKAUGRCHWLD
55940.02003-02-272003-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRFIRSTKAUGRCH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 9,153 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 10,237 AF — 112% of that, and 10th 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 9,153 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 277 39.7
2011 9,022 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median — 253 46.0
2012 10,527 12th lowest of 15 · 115% of median — 253 39.6
2013 8,840 5th lowest of 15 · 97% of median — 207 41.5
2014 7,285 1st lowest of 15 · 80% of median — 192 43.7
2015 7,815 2nd lowest of 15 · 85% of median — 203 39.6
2016 10,374 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median — 262 36.8
2017 11,615 13th lowest of 15 · 127% of median — 261 37.3
2018 9,907 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median — 236 56.6
2019 8,534 4th lowest of 15 · 93% of median — 209 39.8
2020 8,941 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median — 231 36.9
2021 18,227 15th lowest of 15 · 199% of median — 248 70.6
2022 11,847 14th lowest of 15 · 129% of median — 244 41.4
2023 8,045 3rd lowest of 15 · 88% of median — 217 40.3
2024 10,237 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median — 241 42.7

Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 46.8% of a median season / 6.5% dry-year.

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