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Structure dossier · WDID 6400531 · 1 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:48 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 1873-04-10 — 10th 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: FRITZLER WELL R12058 (1872-06-01). Immediately behind: BFM CORP WELL 2-38879-F (1873-04-10).
Decreed rights (9)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8501.0 | 1873-04-10 | 1897-05-29 | 11.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUGRCH | |
| 8866.0 | 1874-04-10 | 1894-11-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 9327.0 | 1875-07-15 | 1894-11-15 | 20.1 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUGRCH | |
| 11251.0 | 1880-10-20 | 1894-11-15 | 17.688 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUGRCH | |
| 14945.0 | 1890-12-01 | 1897-05-29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 16334.0 | 1894-09-20 | 1899-11-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 19502.0 | 1903-05-25 | 1910-04-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 55895.0 | 2003-01-13 | 2003-12-31 | 53.42 | 4.58 | C | AUGRCH | |
| 56613.55995 | 2003-04-23 | 2005-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMFIRSTKAUGRCH |
Legal record & documents
31 decreed actions on record across
10 court cases:
03CW0195, 12CW0017, 91CW0014, CA0547, CA1690, CA1435, CA1212, CA0766, CA0304, 90CW0072.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
03CW0195 | 10 | 2005-12-31 | O, S |
12CW0017 | 1 | 2003-12-31 | S |
91CW0014 | 6 | 1910-04-23 | O, S |
CA0547 | 2 | 1897-05-29 | O |
CA1690 | 2 | 1894-11-15 | O |
CA1435 | 2 | 1894-11-15 | O |
CA1212 | 2 | 1894-11-15 | O |
CA0766 | 2 | 1894-11-15 | O |
CA0304 | 2 | 1894-11-15 | O |
90CW0072 | 2 | 1894-11-15 | O |
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 13,666 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 13,666 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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.
| 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 | 12,390 | 5th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | — | 171 | 60.0 |
| 2011 | 12,348 | 4th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | — | 183 | 68.5 |
| 2012 | 15,537 | 15th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | — | 198 | 56.2 |
| 2013 | 11,875 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 87% of median | — | 162 | 70.7 |
| 2014 | 10,315 | 1st lowest of 15 · 76% of median | — | 195 | 52.9 |
| 2015 | 13,944 | 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | — | 221 | 146.0 |
| 2016 | 12,702 | 6th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | — | 213 | 52.4 |
| 2017 | 14,526 | 13th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | — | 229 | 56.1 |
| 2018 | 13,392 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | — | 196 | 58.7 |
| 2019 | 11,574 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 85% of median | — | 167 | 55.1 |
| 2020 | 14,402 | 12th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | — | 192 | 54.0 |
| 2021 | 14,292 | 11th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | — | 200 | 55.0 |
| 2022 | 15,409 | 14th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | — | 200 | 50.0 |
| 2023 | 13,750 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | — | 226 | 47.8 |
| 2024 | 13,666 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 198 | 52.6 |
Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 60.8% of a median season / 20.1% dry-year.
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 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 | 9 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 12605 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 79% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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