Dataset Description | |
A Water Right is a property right that is either conditional or absolute and conveys the right to use a particular amount of water, with a specified priority date as confirmed by the water court.
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Columns in this Dataset |
Column Name | Description | Type |
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Adjudication Date | Date that the water right was awarded by the water court (see Data Dictionary under Help) | date |
Adjudication Type | A - Absolute, AB - Abandoned, AP - Alternate Point, C - Conditional, CA - Conditional Made Absolute, EX - Exchange, O - Original, S - Supplemental, TF - Transfer from, TT - Transfer to | Text |
Appropriation Date | The date that water was first put to a specific beneficial use or the date that an open, overt act was taken at the intended point of diversion to demonstrate an intent to apply water for beneficial use. | date |
Associated WDID | WDID of structure associated with selected structure | Text |
Association Type | Association Type | Text |
Case Number | Water Court case number associated with water right transaction | Text |
Comments | Comments | Text |
County | County where the structure is located | Text |
Decreed Use(s) | Beneficial uses of water right: • 0 - STORAGE • 1 - IRRIGATION • 2 - MUNICIPAL • 3 - COMMERCIAL • 4- INDUSTRIAL • 5 - RECREATION • 6 - FISHERY • 7 - FIRE • 8 - DOMESTIC • 9 - STOCK • A - AUGMENTATION • B - SUB-BASIN EXPORT • C - CHANGE OF USE RETURN FLOW • E - EVAPORATIVE • F - FEDERAL RESERVED • G - GEOTHERMAL • H - HOUSEHOLD USE ONLY • K - SNOW MAKING • M - MINIMUM STREAMFLOW • P - POWER GENERATION • Q - OTHER • R - RECHARGE • S - EXPORT FROM STATE • T - TRANSMOUNTAIN EXPORT • W - WILDLIFE • X - ALL BENEFICIAL USES |
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Direction E/W | Direction of measurement from East/West section line | Text |
Direction N/S | Direction of measurement from North/South section line | Text |
Distance E/W | Distance and direction from East/West section line (feet) | Integer |
Distance N/S | Distance and direction from North/South section line (feet) | Integer |
Division | DWR Water Division | Integer |
Due Diligence Case Number | Due diligence case number | Text |
GNIS ID | National Hydrographic Dataset stream identifier | Text |
Latitude | Latitude (decimal degrees) | Decimal (8,6) |
Location Accuracy | Accuracy of location coordinates | Text |
Longitude | Longitude (decimal degrees) | Decimal (9,6) |
Max Decreed Rate (CFS) | The maximum annual decreed rate (CFS). Decrees may have seasonal rates that differ from this amount | Decimal (12,4) |
Order No | An order number may be assigned to distinguish decrees with identical dates but have been decreed to have specifically different priorities | Integer |
Permit | Concatenation of permit number, suffix code, and replacement code | Text |
Plan Type | Type of association plan | Text |
Plan WDID | WDID of association plan | Text |
PM | Principal Meridian of well’s legal location - there are 5 principal meridians in CO: Sixth (S), New Mexico (N), Baca (B), Costilla (C), and Ute (U) | Text |
Previous Adj Date | The previous adjudication date field allows water rights to be ordered by priority with all rights awarded subsequent to a previous adjudication being junior | date |
Priority Admin No | A calculated number developed by DWR to rank water rights in order of seniority. The priority of the water right is based on the appropriation date and whether the water right is subject to the Subordination Doctrine. The appropriation date is the date decreed by the court that the water was first put to the decreed beneficial use. The Subordination Doctrine established by the court says water rights that are adjudicated after other water rights in their stream system must be subordinate to those rights previously decreed, regardless of their appropriation date. To determine whether or not a water right is subject to the Subordination Doctrine, DWR determines the "previous adjudication date" associated with the water right. Water rights that have no previous adjudication date or have an appropriation date that is later than the previous adjudication date can simply use their appropriation date as their administrative priority. Water rights with an appropriation date the same as or earlier than the previous adjudication date must be subordinated to those previously decreed rights. Using the appropriation date and previous adjudication date, the Priority Admin No (PAN) is calculated as follows: |
Decimal (11,5) |
Priority No | An early District Court’s method to indicate a water right’s seniority in a water drainage. The Priority No is now largely meaningless. | Text |
Properties | Decree properties | Text |
Q10 | Legal location: 10 acre quarter section | Text |
Q160 | Legal location: 160 acre quarter section | Text |
Q40 | Legal location: 40 acre quarter section | Text |
Range | Legal location: A number in the format “nnnd” where “nnn” is the range number and “d” is the direction either East or West | Text |
Seasonal Limits | Flag indicating that the water right has decreed amounts that vary by date | Text |
Section | Section number - township, range divided into 36 one square mile sections; “U” indicates location in Ute Correction (Division 7 only) | Text |
Stream Mile | Distance in miles to the location downstream where the stream became a tributary to a larger stream. On the main stem, it is the distance to the state line. | Decimal (10,2) |
Structure type | Type of structure | Text |
Subordinated Right | Indicates whether the water right is subordinated to another water right | Boolean |
Total Volumetric Limit (AF) | The maximum annual decreed volumetric limit (AF). Decrees may have seasonal rates that differ from this amount | Decimal (12,4) |
Township | Legal location: Township number and direction | Text |
UTM X | The x (Easting) component of the Universal Transverse Mercator system. (Zone 13, NAD83 datum) | Decimal (7,1) |
UTM Y | The y (Northing) component of the Universal Transverse Mercator system. (Zone 13, NAD83 datum) | Decimal (8,1) |
Water Right Name | Name of structure associated with water right | Text |
Water Source | Name of the water source as specified in the court case | Text |
WD | DWR Water District | Integer |
WDID | DWR unique structure identifier | Text |