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MINNEQUA CANAL

Structure dossier · WDID 1200511 · 1 · ARKANSAS RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:18 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 1861-07-22 — 20th most senior of the 1967 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: CENT TELE & UTIL HGT #4 (1861-05-31). Immediately behind: UNION DITCH (1861-11-30).

Decreed rights (8)

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
4221.01861-07-221896-03-23 2.00.0 CIND 3
5113.01863-12-311896-03-23 48.00.0 CIND 9
5479.01864-12-311896-03-23 20.00.0 CIND 12
11672.01881-12-151906-11-24 5.70.0 CIND 260.8
14654.01890-02-131905-01-31 1.640.0 CIRR 383.6
33797.297011931-04-271969-07-09 0.00.0 CIRRMUNDOM
33797.30371933-02-241954-03-13 150.00.0 CIND A-10
47720.01980-08-261980-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNDOMALL

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 55,034 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 45,394 AF — 82% of that, and 1st 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)
2011 91,486 14th lowest of 15 · 166% of median 365 166.6
2012 93,241 15th lowest of 15 · 169% of median 366 183.9
2013 55,824 11th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 365 92.5
2014 53,731 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 365 101.0
2015 46,512 2nd lowest of 15 · 84% of median 365 91.2
2016 52,262 4th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 366 108.0
2017 51,305 3rd lowest of 15 · 93% of median 365 89.3
2018 56,866 13th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 365 94.2
2019 54,393 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 365 93.4
2020 55,769 10th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 366 100.3
2021 53,241 5th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 365 95.5
2022 56,107 12th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 365 98.8
2023 55,580 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 365 96.4
2024 55,034 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 366 98.0
2025 45,394 1st lowest of 15 · 82% of median 304 96.7

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