Colorado Water Right Net Amounts and Decreed Status

Colorado's Department of Water Resources provides a list of water rights with their current net amounts based on court decrees. The dataset includes details on appropriation dates, decreed uses, locations, and structure types. It is maintained by data.colorado.gov and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze water availability by calculating total Net Absolute and Net Conditional amounts per County.
• Model water right priority using Appropriation Date and Priority No to assess seniority.
• Map water right locations using UTM x, UTM y, and Location Accuracy for spatial analysis.
• Assess seasonal water use restrictions by examining Seasonal Limits and Decreed Uses columns.
• Track changes in water rights status by reviewing Modified and Previous Adj Date fields.

Strengths

• Contains multiple geospatial columns (UTM x, UTM y, CoordsEW, CoordsNS Dir) for location analysis.
• Includes temporal fields such as Appropriation Date and Modified for tracking changes over time.
• Provides legal and administrative identifiers like Order No and Admin No for record linkage.

Limitations

• Sample data and total row count are unavailable, preventing assessment of dataset size.
• Key metadata like license and original author are unknown, limiting reproducibility and usage clarity.
• Data freshness is uncertain as the last update date is in the future (2026-04-03), indicating potential metadata error.

Provenance

Source

data.colorado.gov, likely the Colorado Department of Water Resources.

Collection Method

Compiled from water court decreed actions, as stated in the description.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is listed as 2026-04-03, which is inconsistent.

Geography

State of Colorado, United States, inferred from organization and column names like County.