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BERTHOLF LANHAM UPDIKE D
Structure dossier · WDID 7200533 · 1 · BIG CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:08 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
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 1888-08-30 — 76th most senior of the 2166 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: MURRAY DITCH (1888-08-24). Immediately behind: COAKLEY KIGGINS DITCH (1888-08-31).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14122.0 | 1888-08-30 | 1890-02-07 | 13.158 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 61 |
| 14221.0 | 1888-12-07 | 1890-02-07 | 1.35 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 82 |
| 30895.14122 | 1888-08-30 | 1941-07-25 | 2.6 | 0.0 | C | DOMSTK | |
| 30895.24272 | 1916-06-15 | 1941-07-25 | 2.21 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 32811.0 | 1939-11-01 | 1941-07-25 | 7.43 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Legal record & documents
12 decreed actions on record across
3 court cases:
CA5812, CA2635, CA0273.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
CA5812 | 4 | 1941-07-25 | S |
CA2635 | 2 | 1890-02-07 | O |
CA0273 | 6 | 1890-02-07 | 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 2,906 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,204 AF — 76% of that, and 6th 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 | 2,977 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 303 | 20.4 |
| 2011 | 3,477 | 14th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 253 | 20.8 |
| 2012 | 2,331 | 7th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 282 | 17.5 |
| 2013 | 1,962 | 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 147 | 23.1 |
| 2014 | 2,906 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 243 | 25.0 |
| 2015 | 3,629 | 15th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 365 | 21.5 |
| 2016 | 2,985 | 10th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 360 | 17.2 |
| 2017 | 3,168 | 11th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 359 | 18.8 |
| 2018 | 1,889 | 4th lowest of 15 · 65% of median | 362 | 14.7 |
| 2019 | 3,355 | 13th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 359 | 20.9 |
| 2020 | 1,873 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 365 | 14.5 |
| 2021 | 1,361 | 1st lowest of 15 · 47% of median | 362 | 14.9 |
| 2022 | 1,821 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 63% of median | 354 | 16.2 |
| 2023 | 3,336 | 12th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 365 | 17.2 |
| 2024 | 2,204 | 6th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 305 | 15.8 |
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 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 | 5 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 14195 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1969-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.