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. The Transaction List contains the the court decreed actions that affect amount and use(s) that can be used by each water right.
This dataset has the following 44 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDID | wdid | text | Unique Structure identifier | 1000736 0700569 0700540 0700553 0200802 view top 100 |
| Water Right Name | water_right_name | text | Name of Structure associated with water right | FOUNTAIN MUTUAL CANAL FARMERS HIGHLINE CNL HIGHLINE DITCH PATTERSON DITCH CHURCH DITCH view top 100 |
| Structure Type | structure_type | text | Type of Structure | Well Ditch Reservoir Spring Well Field view top 100 |
| Water Source | water_source | text | Name of the water source as specified in the court case | SOUTH PLATTE RIVER ARKANSAS RIVER CLEAR CREEK CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER CONFINED SAN LUIS VALLEY view top 100 |
| GNIS ID | gnis_id | text | NHD Stream Identifier | 00201759 00078956 00205018 00181805 00045730 view top 100 |
| Stream Mile | stream_mile | number | Distance in miles to the confluence with the next downstream water source (or distance to state line) | 0.00 52.22 16.72 18.31 49.98 view top 100 |
| DIV | div | number | DWR Water Division | 1 5 4 2 6 view top 100 |
| WD | wd | number | DWR Water District | 8 1 40 2 38 view top 100 |
| County | county | text | County where the Structure is located | GARFIELD DOUGLAS LARIMER JEFFERSON WELD view top 100 |
| Q10 | q10 | text | Legal location - 10 acre quarter section | SW NW NE SE SH view top 100 |
| Q40 | q40 | text | Legal location - 40 acre quarter section | SW NW NE SE SH view top 100 |
| Q160 | q160 | text | Legal location - 160 acre quarter section | SW NE NW SE NH view top 100 |
| Section | section | text | Legal location - section number | 12 27 20 32 21 view top 100 |
| Township | township | text | Legal location - township | 6.0 S 5.0 S 7.0 S 3.0 S 1.0 S view top 100 |
| Range | range | text | Legal location - range | 66.0 W 70.0 W 65.0 W 67.0 W 69.0 W view top 100 |
| PM | pm | text | Principal Meridian | S N U C B view top 100 |
| CoordsEW | coordsew | number | Distance from East/West section line (feet) | 1200 500 1500 2000 300 view top 100 |
| CoordsEW Dir | coordsew_dir | text | Direction of measurement from East/West section line | E W view top 100 |
| CoordsNS | coordsns | number | Distance from North/South section line (feet) | 200 2600 1500 1000 100 view top 100 |
| CoordsNS Dir | coordsns_dir | text | Direction of measurement from North/South section line | S N view top 100 |
| UTM x | utm_x | number | The x (Easting) component of the Universal Transverse Mercator system. (Zone 12, NAD83 datum) | 516438.5 481194.9 258821.7 257782.0 478793.9 view top 100 |
| UTM y | utm_y | number | The y (Northing) component of the Universal Transverse Mercator system. (Zone 12, NAD83 datum) | 4295956.6 4401130.1 4302518.3 4308984.5 4400305.9 view top 100 |
| Latitude | latitude | number | Latitude (decimal degrees) | 38.812234 39.759889 38.838453 38.896369 39.752407 view top 100 |
| Longitude | longitude | number | Longitude (decimal degrees) | -104.810671 -105.219547 -107.778702 -107.792946 -105.247551 view top 100 |
| Location Accuracy | location_accuracy | text | Accuracy of location coordinates | Spotted from quarters Spotted from section lines Per Decree User supplied GPS view top 100 |
| Adjudication Type | adjudication_type | text | Type of adjudication | O S S,C O,AP S,AP view top 100 |
| Adjudication Date | adjudication_date | calendar_date | Adjudication date is the date that the water right was settled by judicial procedure, i.e. the date that the court awarded a water right | 1972-12-31T00:00:00.000 1971-12-31T00:00:00.000 1981-12-31T00:00:00.000 1998-12-31T00:00:00.000 1996-12-31T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Previous Adj Date | previous_adjudication_date | calendar_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 | 1971-12-31T00:00:00.000 1995-12-31T00:00:00.000 1980-12-31T00:00:00.000 1997-12-31T00:00:00.000 1973-12-31T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Appropriation Date | appropriation_date | calendar_date | Appropriation Date is the date that can be proven in a court of law from which there was an open overt act upon the land to demonstrate an intent to apply water for beneficial use and as awarded in the decree | 1974-04-30T00:00:00.000 1926-04-17T00:00:00.000 1910-12-31T00:00:00.000 1957-07-29T00:00:00.000 1973-05-31T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Admin No | admin_no | number | A calculated number developed by DWR that ranks decrees in order of seniority | 45410.00000 27865.00000 20253.00000 6636.00000 53325.45076 view top 100 |
| Order No | order_no | number | An order number may be assigned to distinguish decrees with identical dates but have been decreed to have specifically different priorities | 0 1 2 3 4 view top 100 |
| Priority No | priority_no | text | An early District Court's method to indicate a water right’s seniority in a water drainage | 0 13 1 715 718 view top 100 |
| Case Number | case_no | text | The case number of the Water Court action | W0425 W0467 CA5091 21CW3216 11CW0263 view top 100 |
| Decreed Uses | decreed_uses | text | Beneficial uses of water right | 1 8 9 A 2 view top 100 |
| Max Decreed Rate | max_decreed_rate | number | The maximum annual decreed rate (CFS). Decrees may have seasonal rates that differ from this amount | 0.0330 1.0000 0.0000 2.0000 0.5000 view top 100 |
| Total Volumetric Limit | total_volumetric_limit | number | The maximum annual decreed volumetric limit (AF). Decrees may have seasonal rates that differ from this amount | 0.0000 1.0000 0.1000 0.5000 2.0000 view top 100 |
| Seasonal Limits | seasonal_limits | text | Flag indicating that the water right has decreed amounts that vary by date | No Yes view top 100 |
| Associated WDID | associated_wdid | text | WDID of associated Structure | 0700569 0300911 4003009 1000736 0700540 view top 100 |
| Plan Type | plan_type | text | Type of association plan | A R E P 0 view top 100 |
| Plan WDID | plan_wdid | text | WDID of association plan | 0203334 0703390 0802619 0303336 0302262 view top 100 |
| Comments | comments | text | Comments | ABANDONED USFS RESERVED RIGHT SEE ALSO 09CW0009 ORIGINAL RIGHT view top 100 |
| Modified | modified | calendar_date | Last date and time this record was modified in the DWR database | 1986-01-01T00:00:00.000 1987-07-30T00:00:00.000 1986-10-24T00:00:00.000 2023-10-20T15:32:00.000 2005-04-08T10:13:00.000 view top 100 |
| More Information | more_information | url | Hyperlink to Water Court documents | {"url":"https://dnrweb.state.co.us/cdss/WaterRights/Transactions/294978"} {"url":"https://dnrweb.state.co.us/cdss/WaterRights/Transactions/294979"} {"url":"https://dnrweb.state.co.us/cdss/WaterRights/Transactions/294980"} {"url":"https://dnrweb.state.co.us/cdss/WaterRights/Transactions/294981"} {"url":"https://dnrweb.state.co.us/cdss/WaterRights/Transactions/294982"} view top 100 |
| Location | location | location | Latitude/Longitude where the Structure is located | view top 100 |