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JULESBURG WELL 5-25298-F
Structure dossier · WDID 6405713 · 2 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 1895-03-01 — 122nd 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: JULESBURG WELL 4-25299-F (1895-03-01). Immediately behind: JULESBURG WELL 1 (1895-03-01).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17846.16496 | 1895-03-01 | 1907-10-26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 17846.17451 | 1897-10-11 | 1911-01-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 56978.55806 | 2002-10-16 | 2006-12-31 | 12000.0 | 0.0 | A | AUGRCH | |
| 56978.55806 | 2002-10-16 | 2006-12-31 | 5.443 | 0.0 | C | AUGRCH |
Recorded use (last 6 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 461 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 8,894 AF — 1929% of that, and 6th lowest of the 6 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 198 | 1st lowest of 6 · 43% of median | 45 | 3.9 |
| 2013 | 444 | 3rd lowest of 6 · 96% of median | 51 | 6.2 |
| 2020 | 478 | 4th lowest of 6 · 104% of median | 58 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | 234 | 2nd lowest of 6 · 51% of median | 40 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | 1,174 | 5th lowest of 6 · 255% of median | 55 | 19.0 |
| 2023 | 8,894 | 6th lowest of 6 · 1929% of median | 304 | 14.8 |
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