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JULESBURG HIGHLINE

Structure dossier · WDID 6400617 · 1 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:23 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 2003-04-30 — 1843rd 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: POWELL D SKINNER DRAW DIVR (2003-04-24). Immediately behind: LIBERAL COLO RCHRG W 61270 (2003-04-30).

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
56002.02003-04-302003-12-31 6.0453.96 CAUGRCH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 24,793 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 40,422 AF — 163% of that, and 15th 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)
2009 525 1st lowest of 15 · 2% of median 15,255 48 20.0
2010 14,479 2nd lowest of 15 · 58% of median — 118 243.6
2012 19,701 4th lowest of 15 · 80% of median — 190 174.9
2013 19,181 3rd lowest of 15 · 77% of median — 168 205.5
2014 32,248 13th lowest of 15 · 130% of median — 197 175.3
2015 29,647 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median — 162 153.3
2016 27,739 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median — 204 124.1
2017 30,335 12th lowest of 15 · 122% of median — 204 139.0
2018 20,834 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median — 177 115.9
2019 24,793 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 168 117.2
2020 28,920 10th lowest of 15 · 117% of median — 201 164.2
2021 32,772 14th lowest of 15 · 132% of median — 222 133.7
2022 20,160 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median — 190 95.2
2023 21,718 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median — 198 145.9
2024 40,422 15th lowest of 15 · 163% of median — 212 172.7

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.