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Structure dossier · WDID 6800669 · 1 · UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:17 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
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 1879-04-01 — 36th 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: VON HAGEN LATERAL DITCH (1878-10-01). Immediately behind: PLUMMER D NOS 1 & 2 (1879-04-01).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10683.0 | 1879-04-01 | 1897-05-15 | 9.3367 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMAUG | 34, 35 |
| 16223.0 | 1894-06-01 | 1897-05-15 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 141 |
| 24444.19844 | 1904-05-01 | 1920-02-26 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 6 |
| 29554.14762 | 1890-06-01 | 1942-05-11 | 8.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 58 |
| 45564.0 | 1974-10-01 | 1974-12-31 | 0.85 | 0.0 | C | STK | |
| 52230.10683 | 1879-04-01 | 1993-12-31 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | FIRSTK | |
| 55882.5435 | 1998-10-21 | 2003-12-31 | 0.2 | 0.0 | C | STK |
Legal record & documents
22 decreed actions on record across
15 court cases:
03CW0142, 93CW0136, W2374, CA1959, CA1236, W1447, W0734, CA1632, CA1373, CA1370 and 5 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
03CW0142 | 1 | 2003-12-31 | S |
93CW0136 | 1 | 1993-12-31 | S |
W2374 | 1 | 1974-12-31 | S |
CA1959 | 1 | 1942-05-11 | S |
CA1236 | 3 | 1920-02-26 | O, S |
W1447 | 1 | 1897-05-15 | O |
W0734 | 1 | 1897-05-15 | O |
CA1632 | 1 | 1897-05-15 | O |
CA1373 | 1 | 1897-05-15 | O |
CA1370 | 1 | 1897-05-15 | O |
CA1203 | 1 | 1897-05-15 | O |
CA1120 | 1 | 1897-05-15 | O |
CA0939 | 5 | 1897-05-15 | O |
93CW0013 | 2 | 1897-05-15 | O |
82CW0323 | 1 | 1897-05-15 | O |
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 3,461 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 3,802 AF — 110% of that, and 11th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,145 | 5th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | — | 349 | 22.0 |
| 2012 | 3,461 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 341 | 19.4 |
| 2013 | 2,996 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 2 | 349 | 14.2 |
| 2014 | 2,728 | 1st lowest of 15 · 79% of median | — | 336 | 19.5 |
| 2015 | 3,640 | 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | — | 365 | 22.3 |
| 2016 | 3,248 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | — | 366 | 16.0 |
| 2017 | 2,847 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 82% of median | — | 365 | 14.0 |
| 2018 | 3,254 | 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 8 | 365 | 18.4 |
| 2019 | 3,110 | 4th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | — | 365 | 18.1 |
| 2020 | 4,264 | 14th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 5 | 366 | 24.6 |
| 2021 | 4,137 | 13th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 1 | 365 | 25.5 |
| 2022 | 4,429 | 15th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 4 | 365 | 35.1 |
| 2023 | 3,753 | 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | — | 365 | 25.8 |
| 2024 | 4,040 | 12th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | — | 366 | 22.2 |
| 2025 | 3,802 | 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | — | 304 | 27.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use is rising over its last 15 recorded years (+76 AF/yr, Mann-Kendall p=0.029).
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 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 | 7 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 14618 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 90% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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