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PRATHER & SAVAGE WELL 1

Structure dossier · WDID 7005005 · 2 · ROAN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:52 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.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1967-06-09 — 151st 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: CONN CREEK RESERVOIR (1966-08-25). Immediately behind: GETTY-SLEEPY GULCH RES (1967-06-27).

Decreed rights (1)

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
42893.01967-06-091972-12-31 0.03.0 CIRRINDRECDOM

Recorded use (last 13 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 113 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1989, came in at 158 AF — 140% of that, and 8th lowest of the 9 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

YearDiverted (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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
1972 12 2nd lowest of 9 · 11% of median — 5 1.5
1973 24 4th lowest of 9 · 21% of median — 9 1.5
1974 6 1st lowest of 9 · 5% of median — 3 1.5
1975 128 6th lowest of 9 · 113% of median — 45 1.5
1976 113 5th lowest of 9 · 100% of median — 42 1.5
1977 437 9th lowest of 9 · 387% of median — 154 1.5
1978 140 7th lowest of 9 · 124% of median — 48 1.5
1981 — no recorded volume 345 0 —
1982 15 3rd lowest of 9 · 13% of median — 6 1.5
1989 158 8th lowest of 9 · 140% of median — 56 1.5
1990 — no recorded volume 467 0 —
1991 — no recorded volume 259 0 —
1992 — no recorded volume 196 0 —

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