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BOWEN WELL NO 1
Structure dossier · WDID 7005001 · 2 · DRY FORK ROAN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:43 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1965-07-12 — 146th most senior of the 519 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: LOGAN WASH WELL (1965-06-03). Immediately behind: CASCADE CANYON PIPELINE (1966-08-25).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42196.0 | 1965-07-12 | 1972-12-31 | 1.32 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 53020.0 | 1995-03-01 | 1995-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRFISFIRSTKAUGEVPOTHWLD | |
| 55517.55318 | 2001-06-15 | 2002-12-31 | 0.89 | 0.43 | C | RECOTHWLD | |
| 57705.0 | 2007-12-28 | 2007-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | AUG |
Recorded use (last 8 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 130 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2016, came in at 280 AF — 215% of that, and 7th lowest of the 8 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 143 | 5th lowest of 8 · 110% of median | 50 | 1.5 |
| 1974 | 274 | 6th lowest of 8 · 211% of median | 77 | 2.0 |
| 1976 | 343 | 8th lowest of 8 · 264% of median | 157 | 1.1 |
| 1978 | 95 | 3rd lowest of 8 · 73% of median | 34 | 1.5 |
| 1981 | 42 | 2nd lowest of 8 · 32% of median | 16 | 1.5 |
| 1982 | 24 | 1st lowest of 8 · 18% of median | 9 | 1.5 |
| 2015 | 117 | 4th lowest of 8 · 90% of median | 212 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 280 | 7th lowest of 8 · 215% of median | 231 | 0.8 |
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