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Structure dossier · WDID 7200830 · 1 · PLATEAU CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:30 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 1934-08-02 — 483rd 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: RIVER BOTTOM DITCH (1934-04-01). Immediately behind: RAPID CREEK RES NO 1 (1934-09-30).

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
30895.308941934-08-021941-07-25 0.490.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 137 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 50 AF — 36% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2004 138 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 215 0.5
2005 392 15th lowest of 15 · 286% of median 137 2.0
2006 32 1st lowest of 15 · 23% of median 47 0.5
2007 108 4th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 132 0.5
2008 153 11th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 155 0.5
2009 209 14th lowest of 15 · 153% of median 137 1.0
2010 184 13th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 115 1.0
2012 89 3rd lowest of 15 · 65% of median 91 0.5
2014 152 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 93 1.0
2015 134 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 93 1.0
2016 114 5th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 92 1.0
2017 163 12th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 164 1.0
2018 137 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 165 0.8
2020 126 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 174 0.7
2021 50 2nd lowest of 15 · 36% of median 76 0.5

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 4270 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 55% of the irrigation seasons in 1985-2021 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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