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Structure dossier · WDID 7200950 · 1 · PLATEAU CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:16 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 1900-06-01 — 146th 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: SUPERIOR DITCH (1899-10-01). Immediately behind: COON CREEK RES NO 1 (1900-06-02).

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
18749.184141900-06-011905-10-14 0.50.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 152 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2018, came in at 158 AF — 104% of that, and 10th 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)
2001 226 14th lowest of 15 · 149% of median 107 1.5
2002 167 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 169 0.5
2003 246 15th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 156 2.0
2004 137 5th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 139 0.5
2005 179 12th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 133 1.0
2006 135 3rd lowest of 15 · 89% of median 149 0.5
2007 136 4th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 138 0.5
2008 151 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 153 0.5
2009 146 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 149 0.5
2010 106 2nd lowest of 15 · 70% of median 110 0.5
2011 105 1st lowest of 15 · 69% of median 109 0.5
2012 208 13th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 181 1.5
2014 152 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 154 0.5
2015 152 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 154 0.5
2018 158 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 161 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 3700 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 42% of the irrigation seasons in 1977-2018 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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