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LOVELAND GREELEY CANAL
Structure dossier · WDID 0400532 · 1 · BIG THOMPSON RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:49 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits
Location as DWR records it. Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.
Which of its rights are out of priority?
Not computable for this structure: this structure is not on the modelled flow network, so no reference gage can honestly stand in for it.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1861-11-10 — 11th most senior of the 1296 structures with decreed rights in this water districtDWR's administrative subdivision of a river basin; the unit calls are usually stated in..
Under prior appropriationColorado's rule for sharing water: first in time, first in right. Age decides, not proximity or need., everything ahead of it in this line is satisfied in full before it receives any water. Immediately ahead: LOUDEN DITCH (1861-11-10). Immediately behind: DILLE TUNNEL (1861-11-10).
Decreed rights (30)
| Admin noDWR's numeric encoding of a water right's seniority. Smaller is more senior; the integer part counts days from 1849-12-31 to the date that ranks the right. | AppropriatedWhen water was first put to beneficial use. It sets seniority unless a prior adjudication date is later. | AdjudicatedWhen the water court confirmed the right. A use decreed in 1975 was not a decreed use in 1955, however old the appropriation is. | AbsoluteA right actually put to use, as opposed to conditional -- a placeholder for a use not yet made. | ConditionalA right reserving a place in line for a use not yet made; it must be diligently pursued or it lapses. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4332.0 | 1861-11-10 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 4839.0 | 1863-04-01 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 5235.0 | 1864-05-01 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 5772.0 | 1865-10-20 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 5784.0 | 1865-11-01 | 1883-05-28 | 5.5851 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 5923.0 | 1866-03-20 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 6269.0 | 1867-03-01 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 6361.0 | 1867-06-01 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 7598.0 | 1870-10-20 | 1883-05-28 | 26.0818 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 7944.0 | 1871-10-01 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 8157.0 | 1872-05-01 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 8522.0 | 1873-05-01 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 8575.0 | 1873-06-23 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 8699.0 | 1873-10-25 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 10167.0 | 1877-11-01 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 10532.0 | 1878-11-01 | 1883-05-28 | 10.1548 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 11269.0 | 1880-11-07 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 11414.0 | 1881-04-01 | 1883-05-28 | 297.44 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 12313.0 | 1883-09-17 | 1883-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 14691.13563 | 1887-02-18 | 1916-06-29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 14807.0 | 1890-07-16 | 1916-06-29 | 32.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 18719.0 | 1901-04-02 | 1916-06-29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFIRDOMOTH | |
| 19110.0 | 1902-04-28 | 1916-06-29 | 445.97 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 29675.14731 | 1890-05-01 | 1939-11-14 | 49.28 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 50038.43617 | 1969-06-02 | 1987-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 52960.43617 | 1969-06-02 | 1995-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 53325.5293 | 1994-12-01 | 1996-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 54421.43617 | 1969-06-02 | 1999-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 55881.0 | 2002-12-30 | 2002-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 55882.23371 | 1913-12-27 | 2003-12-31 | 0.0 | 1.0 | C | IRR |
Legal record & documents
179 decreed actions on record across
21 court cases:
03CW0359, 03CW0314, 02CW0394, 02CW0393, 99CW0235, 96CW0958, 10CW0280, 95CW0042, 96CW0031, 87CW0329 and 11 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
03CW0359 | 1 | 2003-12-31 | S |
03CW0314 | 12 | 2003-12-31 | O, S |
02CW0394 | 8 | 2002-12-31 | S |
02CW0393 | 13 | 2002-12-31 | S |
99CW0235 | 10 | 1999-12-31 | O, S |
96CW0958 | 10 | 1996-12-31 | O, S |
10CW0280 | 2 | 1996-12-31 | S |
95CW0042 | 10 | 1995-12-31 | O, S |
96CW0031 | 1 | 1987-12-31 | S |
87CW0329 | 10 | 1987-12-31 | O, S |
CA10077 | 1 | 1939-11-14 | S |
CA4862 | 2 | 1916-06-29 | S |
82CW0202 | 26 | 1916-06-29 | O, S |
97CW0077 | 8 | 1883-05-28 | O |
92CW0112 | 3 | 1883-05-28 | O |
89CW0090 | 3 | 1883-05-28 | O |
87CW0178 | 12 | 1883-05-28 | O |
18CW3042 | 8 | 1883-05-28 | O |
05/28/1883 | 8 | 1883-05-28 | O |
03CW0354 | 10 | 1883-05-28 | O |
02CW0392 | 21 | 1883-05-28 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 15,274 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 13,560 AF — 89% of that, and 6th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| Year | Diverted (AFA volume: one acre covered a foot deep, about 326,000 gallons -- roughly a suburban household's outdoor use for a year.) | Compared with its own record | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23,982 | 13th lowest of 15 · 157% of median | — | 127 | 192.0 |
| 2011 | 29,580 | 15th lowest of 15 · 194% of median | — | 127 | 191.0 |
| 2012 | 7,835 | 1st lowest of 15 · 51% of median | — | 152 | 140.0 |
| 2013 | 10,171 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 67% of median | — | 99 | 197.0 |
| 2014 | 12,144 | 4th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | — | 112 | 111.0 |
| 2015 | 20,317 | 12th lowest of 15 · 133% of median | — | 132 | 159.0 |
| 2016 | 15,836 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | — | 121 | 123.0 |
| 2017 | 24,465 | 14th lowest of 15 · 160% of median | — | 157 | 181.0 |
| 2018 | 11,249 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 74% of median | — | 200 | 125.0 |
| 2019 | 15,274 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 116 | 149.0 |
| 2020 | 12,294 | 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | — | 144 | 131.0 |
| 2021 | 15,161 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | — | 117 | 148.0 |
| 2022 | 16,779 | 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | — | 117 | 177.0 |
| 2023 | 17,504 | 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | — | 111 | 162.0 |
| 2024 | 13,560 | 6th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | — | 114 | 142.0 |
Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 100.0% of a median season / 61.2% dry-year.
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 30 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 10768 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 68% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.