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Structure dossier · WDID 7201220 · 4 · BULL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 1960-03-01 — 997th 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: LEE DITCH (1958-12-31). Immediately behind: SNIPE PONDS (1960-03-01).

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
44925.402371960-03-011973-12-31 2.50.0 CFISDOMSTK

Recorded use (last 9 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 181 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2014, came in at 181 AF — 100% of that, and 5th lowest of the 9 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)
1996 123 4th lowest of 9 · 68% of median 31 2.0
1997 1,508 8th lowest of 9 · 833% of median 365 2.5
1998 1,810 9th lowest of 9 · 1000% of median 365 2.5
1999 1,507 7th lowest of 9 · 833% of median 304 2.5
2000 12 1st lowest of 9 · 7% of median 26 0.2
2005 91 3rd lowest of 9 · 50% of median 61 0.8
2006 452 6th lowest of 9 · 250% of median 304 0.8
2013 36 2nd lowest of 9 · 20% of median 61 0.3
2014 181 5th lowest of 9 · 100% of median 304 0.3

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