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Structure dossier · WDID 6800607 · 1 · UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 1881-10-01 — 68th most senior of the 1293 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: CLIMAX DITCH (1881-10-01). Immediately behind: OAK CREEK SUPPLY LINE AND RESERVOIR (1881-10-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11597.0 | 1881-10-01 | 1897-05-15 | 9.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 53 |
| 13635.0 | 1887-05-01 | 1897-05-15 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 109 |
| 29554.13635 | 1887-05-01 | 1942-05-11 | 4.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 48 |
| 29554.14337 | 1889-04-02 | 1942-05-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 4,903 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 5,011 AF — 102% of that, and 10th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,390 | 12th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 212 | 19.8 |
| 2012 | 3,493 | 1st lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 232 | 15.1 |
| 2013 | 4,307 | 5th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 236 | 18.4 |
| 2014 | 5,064 | 11th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 247 | 21.2 |
| 2015 | 4,903 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 237 | 17.1 |
| 2016 | 4,793 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 247 | 18.0 |
| 2017 | 4,980 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 271 | 19.2 |
| 2018 | 3,923 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 340 | 16.0 |
| 2019 | 7,066 | 15th lowest of 15 · 144% of median | 341 | 26.9 |
| 2020 | 4,451 | 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 336 | 18.1 |
| 2021 | 4,042 | 4th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 313 | 15.4 |
| 2022 | 3,782 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 193 | 24.0 |
| 2023 | 5,509 | 13th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 203 | 23.6 |
| 2024 | 6,574 | 14th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 272 | 23.8 |
| 2025 | 5,011 | 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 209 | 19.3 |
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