Dolores River

31 water rights in Dolores County, Colorado, with priority dates from May 1, 1881 to March 31, 2022.

Listed in priority order. When Dolores River runs short, the rights near the top of this list are filled first and the ones at the bottom are the first asked to stop. Rights on the same stream in a neighbouring county, or on connected groundwater, can sit in the same line; the state's water commissioner or district office has the full picture. Sources are matched by name within the county, so two different streams with the same name would share this page.

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Priority date · senior to junior

Before 1880
1880–1899
1900–1919
1920–1949
1950–1972
1973–1999
2000 and later
No priority date

#1May 1, 1881WDID 7100521Dolores River · Irrigation1 cfs
#2Jan 10, 1891WDID 7100521Dolores River · Irrigation1 cfs
#3Apr 17, 1926WDID 7100717Dolores River · Domestic, Stock0.005 cfs
#4Nov 3, 1934WDID 7103804Dolores River · Recreation, Fire, Wildlife88 AF
#5Jul 17, 1940WDID 7103803Dolores River · Recreation, Fire, Stock3.7 AF
#6Sep 10, 1940WDID 7100571Dolores River · Irrigation, Municipal, Industrial40 cfs
#7Sep 10, 1940WDID 7103616Dolores River · Irrigation, Municipal, Industrial7,800 AF
#8Dec 31, 1957WDID 7100611Dolores River · Domestic0.009 cfs
#9Jun 27, 1967WDID 7103791Dolores River · Recreation, Fire, Stock3 AF
#10Jul 5, 1967WDID 7103792Dolores River · Recreation, Fire, Stock1.25 AF
#11Jul 15, 1967WDID 7100628Dolores River · Industrial, Stock0.02 cfs
#12Jul 15, 1967WDID 7100629Dolores River · Industrial, Stock0.03 cfs
#13Dec 31, 1967WDID 7103802Dolores River · Recreation, Fire, Stock2.6 AF
#14Jun 30, 1970WDID 7100566Dolores River · Irrigation, Fire, Domestic0.06 cfs
#15Dec 30, 1972WDID 7100612Dolores River · Irrigation, Domestic, Stock0.08 cfs
#16Jul 30, 1981WDID 7100660Dolores River · Domestic, Stock0.002 cfs
#17Jun 22, 1982WDID 7100679Dolores River · Stock, Wildlife0.003 cfs
#18May 5, 1983WDID 7101900Dolores River · Minimum streamflow2 cfs
#19May 5, 1983WDID 7101904Dolores River · Minimum streamflow2 cfs
#20May 5, 1983WDID 7101905Dolores River · Minimum streamflow6 cfs
#21Jul 13, 1984WDID 7101907Dolores River · Minimum streamflow20 cfs
#22Jul 13, 1984WDID 7101908Dolores River · Minimum streamflow2 cfs
#23Jul 13, 1984WDID 7101910Dolores River · Minimum streamflow1.5 cfs
#24Jul 13, 1984WDID 7101911Dolores River · Minimum streamflow1.5 cfs
#25Apr 4, 1994WDID 7100675Dolores River · Recreation, Geothermal0.06 cfs
#26Jun 1, 1994WDID 7103808Dolores River · Recreation0.02 AF
#27Jun 1, 1994WDID 7103809Dolores River · Recreation0.01 AF
#28Jun 15, 2021WDID 7100732Dolores River · Storage, Irrigation, Fire0.05 cfs
#29Jun 15, 2021WDID 7103806Dolores River · Irrigation, Fire, Domestic0.17 AF
#30Mar 31, 2022WDID 7100733Dolores River · Fire, Other0.65 cfs
#31Mar 31, 2022WDID 7103807Dolores River · Storage, Recreation, Fire1.25 AF