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LIBERAL COLO RCHRG W 61270
Structure dossier · WDID 6406685 · 2 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:38 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 — 1844th 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 HIGHLINE (2003-04-30). Immediately behind: LIBERAL COLO RCHRG W 61853 (2003-04-30).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56002.0 | 2003-04-30 | 2003-12-31 | 1679.9 | 3120.1 | A | IRRMUNCOMFIRSTKAUGRCHWLD | |
| 56002.0 | 2003-04-30 | 2003-12-31 | 6.69 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMFIRSTKAUGRCHWLD |
Legal record & documents
2 decreed actions on record across
2 court cases:
11CW0012, 03CW0208.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
11CW0012 | 1 | 2003-12-31 | S |
03CW0208 | 1 | 2003-12-31 | 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 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,072 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,005 AF — 94% of that, and 4th lowest of the 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 289 | 1st lowest of 15 · 27% of median | 31 | 8.0 |
| 2011 | 1,322 | 13th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 138 | 14.4 |
| 2012 | 1,208 | 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 127 | 6.0 |
| 2013 | 1,072 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 117 | 5.1 |
| 2014 | 1,010 | 5th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 111 | 5.5 |
| 2015 | 1,290 | 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 152 | 5.5 |
| 2016 | 1,070 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 118 | 5.2 |
| 2017 | 936 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 101 | 5.8 |
| 2018 | 1,416 | 14th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 165 | 8.9 |
| 2019 | 2,401 | 15th lowest of 15 · 224% of median | 156 | 8.9 |
| 2020 | 1,072 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 140 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | 1,138 | 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 170 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 716 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 100 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1,046 | 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 155 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 1,005 | 4th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 137 | 4.6 |
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 B (8/10 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 | 2 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 2114 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 57% of the irrigation seasons in 2006-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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