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PALISADE CABIN RESERVOIR
Structure dossier · WDID 7203854 · 3 · RAPID CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:23 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 1914-10-01 — 400th 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: EGGAR DITCH (1914-10-01). Immediately behind: ILES SPRING DITCH (1915-04-01).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30895.23649 | 1914-10-01 | 1941-07-25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMSTK | |
| 31160.0 | 1935-04-25 | 1941-07-25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMSTK | |
| 34419.27315 | 1924-10-14 | 1959-07-21 | 46.15 | 0.0 | A | MUN | 672 |
| 34419.27316 | 1924-10-15 | 1959-07-21 | 164.37 | 0.0 | A | MUN | 673 |
| 36065.0 | 1948-09-28 | 1959-07-21 | 166.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN | |
| 48212.46873 | 1978-05-02 | 1982-12-31 | 634.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMSTK | |
| 48577.48487 | 1982-10-02 | 1983-12-31 | 11.48 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMSTK |
Legal record & documents
11 decreed actions on record across
7 court cases:
87CW0156, 83CW0364, 82CW0333, W0202, CA8303, 86CW0320, 86CW0319.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
87CW0156 | 2 | 1983-12-31 | S |
83CW0364 | 1 | 1983-12-31 | S |
82CW0333 | 1 | 1982-12-31 | S |
W0202 | 1 | 1959-07-21 | S |
CA8303 | 2 | 1959-07-21 | S |
86CW0320 | 2 | 1959-07-21 | S |
86CW0319 | 2 | 1941-07-25 | S |
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 88 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 95 AF — 108% of that, and 6th lowest of the 10 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 469 | 10th lowest of 10 · 533% of median | 358 | 193 | 6.9 |
| 2008 | 262 | 9th lowest of 10 · 298% of median | 24 | 253 | 7.0 |
| 2009 | 61 | 4th lowest of 10 · 69% of median | 0 | 188 | 1.1 |
| 2010 | 202 | 8th lowest of 10 · 230% of median | 134 | 185 | 2.1 |
| 2012 | — | no recorded volume | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | — | no recorded volume | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 1st lowest of 10 · 0% of median | 0 | 61 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | 81 | 5th lowest of 10 · 92% of median | 0 | 304 | 9.9 |
| 2018 | 42 | 3rd lowest of 10 · 48% of median | — | 9 | 8.1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 10 · 0% of median | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 134 | 7th lowest of 10 · 152% of median | 13 | 28 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 95 | 6th lowest of 10 · 108% of median | 85 | 7 | 8.0 |
| 2022 | — | no recorded volume | 854 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | — | no recorded volume | 631 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | — | no recorded volume | 592 | 0 | — |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 10 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
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
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 7 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 2805 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 49% of the irrigation seasons in 1997-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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