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Structure dossier · WDID 1100603 · 1 · LITTLE COCHETOPA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 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 in line

Priority 1874-11-01 — 111th most senior of the 1489 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: MORRISON CREEK DITCH (1874-08-31). Immediately behind: HILL & SPRAGUE DITCH (1875-01-22).

Decreed rights (1)

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
9071.01874-11-011906-07-10 2.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 282 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 172 AF — 61% of that, and 7th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

YearDiverted (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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2008 329 11th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 110 2.0
2009 520 13th lowest of 15 · 184% of median 132 2.0
2010 318 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 137 1.5
2011 555 14th lowest of 15 · 197% of median 145 2.0
2012 129 6th lowest of 15 · 46% of median 41 2.0
2013 455 12th lowest of 15 · 161% of median 167 1.4
2014 103 5th lowest of 15 · 36% of median 28 2.0
2015 282 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 52 3.0
2016 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2017 730 15th lowest of 15 · 259% of median 184 2.0
2018 282 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 151 1.4
2019 97 4th lowest of 15 · 34% of median 32 2.0
2020 96 3rd lowest of 15 · 34% of median 151 0.9
2021 45 2nd lowest of 15 · 16% of median 50 0.5
2023 172 7th lowest of 15 · 61% of median 55 1.7

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