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FREEMAN WELL 1-15115
Structure dossier · WDID 6405031 · 2 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 02:55 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 1883-10-01 — 47th 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: FACCHINELLO WELL 1-6515F (1883-10-01). Immediately behind: FREEMAN WELL 2-7148 (1883-10-01).
Decreed rights (6)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12327.0 | 1883-10-01 | 1894-11-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 15758.0 | 1893-02-21 | 1897-05-29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 23172.20544 | 1906-04-01 | 1928-07-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 27393.0 | 1924-12-31 | 1972-12-31 | 4.45 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 55945.0 | 2003-03-04 | 2003-12-31 | 71.4 | 1928.6 | A | IRRMUNCOMFIRSTKAUGRCHWLD | |
| 55945.0 | 2003-03-04 | 2003-12-31 | 4.44 | 0.01 | C | IRRMUNCOMFIRSTKAUGRCHWLD |
Legal record & documents
6 decreed actions on record across
3 court cases:
03CW0208, W0856, W8189.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
03CW0208 | 2 | 2003-12-31 | S |
W0856 | 2 | 1972-12-31 | O |
W8189 | 2 | 1928-07-05 | O, 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 11 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 166 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 249 AF — 150% of that, and 10th lowest of the 11 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 273 | 11th lowest of 11 · 164% of median | 138 | 4.5 |
| 2015 | 210 | 7th lowest of 11 · 126% of median | 123 | 1.5 |
| 2016 | 103 | 2nd lowest of 11 · 62% of median | 61 | 1.0 |
| 2017 | 219 | 8th lowest of 11 · 132% of median | 114 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 152 | 5th lowest of 11 · 92% of median | 89 | 1.8 |
| 2019 | 103 | 2nd lowest of 11 · 62% of median | 49 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 166 | 6th lowest of 11 · 100% of median | 79 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 131 | 4th lowest of 11 · 79% of median | 75 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 219 | 8th lowest of 11 · 132% of median | 99 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 87 | 1st lowest of 11 · 52% of median | 54 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 249 | 10th lowest of 11 · 150% of median | 123 | 1.5 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 11 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 | 6 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 1004 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 38% of the irrigation seasons in 2012-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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