PARK County

T9.0S R75.0W Sec 14

One surveyed section, about a square mile CO060090S0750W0SN140 Free summary

This square mile holds 33 water rights of record and 145 well permits, which is the grain Colorado files water at. None of the rights allows irrigation, so nothing here waters a field on paper. The most serious thing in the record is that 1 of 33 rights are administered far more junior than they look, and 8 other findings change the deal.

What this square mile holds

The record, before anything is made of it. Every number here is a count of documents the state publishes, not an assessment.

Water rights

Of record
33
Absolute
26water that exists
Conditional only
7a placeholder
Oldest
1973appropriation

Wells

Permitted
145
Actually drilled
102
Median depth
423feet
Median yield
5gallons a minute

Storage & structures

Storage rights
0
Structures
115
Defunct
34no longer exist

The ground

Elevation
9,496feet
Wildfire
low
Flood
mapped, outside SFHA
Irrigated
0mapped acres

Where this water sits in the queue

197019902010

Click a decade to see what was decreed in it.

first put to use what a listing quotes decreed absolute what the state administers on decreed conditional not yet real water

The median right here was first used in 1973 and decreed in 1996. 32 rights waited a decade or more between the two, which puts them further down the queue than the appropriation date suggests. Which right is which is in the full report.

What the record says

Changes the deal 9

  • 1 of 33 rights are administered far more junior than they look Our reading
  • The court has abandoned or canceled part of 4 rights here In the record
  • 1 right here remains conditional on the decree record In the record
  • 7 rights on record are conditional only In the record
  • No irrigation right of record in this section In the record
  • 33 rights decreed HOUSEHOLD USE ONLY In the record
  • 2 structures here are recorded as: non-existent: no contemporary or historical record In the record
  • 876 of 962 well permits within 2 miles are household-use-only In the record
  • The minerals under this ground are federally owned: all minerals In the record

Worth knowing 6

  • Every right here is covered by an augmentation plan In the record
  • DWR's contact of record for the water In the record
  • This ground needs roughly 3.5 acre feet an acre delivered Our reading
  • 1 water court filing on record for this section In the record
  • Bureau of Land Management land is 0.71 miles away In the record
  • Short growing season: about 53 days Our reading

Nothing wrong here 3

  • 951 wells have actually been drilled nearby In the record
  • The water table nearby has held steady since 2005 Our reading
  • Tarryall Creek runs year round, 1.09 miles away In the record

Behind these: 33 water rights, 145 well permits, 115 structures and 1 water court filings of record.

The full report

Each of the 15 findings above, with what it means and the record behind it.

  • Why each finding matters, and what it means for the deal
  • Every water right of record, with its priority date and decree
  • Every well permit, with depth, aquifer and permitted use
  • What actually came through the headgate, year by year
  • The documents to ask for, with the case number and a link to each
  • The complete record as a separate appendix
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Where this comes from

  • Bureau of Land Management
  • Bureau of Land Management (CadNSDI)
  • Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office
  • Bureau of Land Management, PLSS CadNSDI
  • Colorado Division of Water Resources
  • Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDSS)
  • Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission
  • Colorado Governors Office of Information Technology
  • Colorado Judicial Branch, Water Courts
  • FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
  • Fremont County Assessor GIS, and Chaffee County published by the City of Salida
  • US Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset
  • USDA NRCS Soil Data Access (SSURGO)