Colorado Water Right Transactions With Court Decreed Actions

DWR Water Right - Transactions from data.colorado.gov contains court-decreed actions affecting the amount and use of water rights in Colorado. Each water right includes details like Water Right Name, WDID, Appropriation Date, and geographic coordinates. The dataset was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze changes in water allocation over time using the Appropriation Date, Previous Adj Date, and Adjudication Type fields.
• Map water right locations and their associated infrastructure using Latitude, Longitude, UTM x, UTM y, and Structure Type.
• Track priority and usage amounts for specific water sources by joining on WDID and analyzing Q10, Q40, Q160, and Water Source columns.
• Assess the spatial distribution and accuracy of water rights by County, Township, Range, Section, and Location Accuracy fields.

Strengths

• Contains over 25 distinct columns detailing legal, geographic, and quantitative aspects of water rights.
• Includes precise geospatial coordinates (Latitude, Longitude, UTM) for mapping and analysis.
• Data is actively maintained, with a last update timestamp in April 2026.

Limitations

• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.
• Key metadata like license, author, and original data collection method are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

data.colorado.gov

Collection Method

Court-decreed actions compiled by the Colorado Division of Water Resources.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-04-03.

Geography

State of Colorado, United States.