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DESOTO BROS WELL 5-20451
Structure dossier · WDID 6405389 · 2 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 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 in line
Priority 1895-03-11 — 89th 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: JUD BRUSH DITCH (1895-03-11). Immediately behind: MANUELLO WELL 1-20452-F (1895-03-11).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16506.0 | 1895-03-11 | 1902-09-29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 45735.0 | 1975-03-21 | 1975-12-31 | 4.45 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 14 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 165 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 159 AF — 96% of that, and 7th lowest of the 14 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 176 | 11th lowest of 14 · 107% of median | 91 | 1.4 |
| 2012 | 218 | 13th lowest of 14 · 132% of median | 125 | 2.0 |
| 2013 | 146 | 5th lowest of 14 · 88% of median | 109 | 1.0 |
| 2014 | 134 | 3rd lowest of 14 · 81% of median | 80 | 1.1 |
| 2015 | 141 | 4th lowest of 14 · 86% of median | 58 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | 172 | 9th lowest of 14 · 104% of median | 104 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | 171 | 8th lowest of 14 · 104% of median | 96 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 146 | 5th lowest of 14 · 88% of median | 65 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | 107 | 2nd lowest of 14 · 65% of median | 51 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 184 | 12th lowest of 14 · 112% of median | 87 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 173 | 10th lowest of 14 · 105% of median | 75 | 1.7 |
| 2022 | 220 | 14th lowest of 14 · 133% of median | 79 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 104 | 1st lowest of 14 · 63% of median | 50 | 1.3 |
| 2024 | 159 | 7th lowest of 14 · 96% of median | 71 | 1.3 |
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