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TEMPLE DIVERSION A

Structure dossier · WDID 7201526 · 1 · COLORADO RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:09 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 1937-06-01 — 1485th 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: GOLDEN POND ENTRANCE & P (1988-07-17). Immediately behind: TEMPLE DIVERSION B (1937-06-01).

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
50769.319281937-06-011989-12-31 0.750.0 CIRRFISSTK

Recorded use (last 13 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 56 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 32 AF — 57% of that, and 1st lowest of the 13 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)
1998 60 8th lowest of 13 · 107% of median 61 0.5
1999 291 12th lowest of 13 · 520% of median 333 1.0
2000 200 11th lowest of 13 · 357% of median 294 0.5
2001 197 10th lowest of 13 · 352% of median 297 0.6
2002 327 13th lowest of 13 · 584% of median 304 0.8
2003 48 5th lowest of 13 · 86% of median 40 0.8
2004 42 4th lowest of 13 · 75% of median 35 0.8
2005 34 2nd lowest of 13 · 61% of median 40 0.5
2006 56 7th lowest of 13 · 100% of median 65 0.5
2007 36 3rd lowest of 13 · 64% of median 43 0.5
2008 50 6th lowest of 13 · 89% of median 61 0.5
2016 110 9th lowest of 13 · 196% of median 42 1.5
2019 32 1st lowest of 13 · 57% of median 48 0.4

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 1663 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 37% of the irrigation seasons in 1998-2019 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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