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Structure dossier · WDID 1300703 · 1 · MACEY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:52 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 1878-06-01 — 257th most senior of the 1017 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: JOHN DUCKETT DITCH (1878-05-15). Immediately behind: HARTBAUER DITCH NO 6 (1878-06-05).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10379.0 | 1878-06-01 | 1896-03-12 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 193 |
| 10758.0 | 1879-06-15 | 1896-03-12 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 226 |
| 11129.0 | 1880-06-20 | 1896-03-12 | 0.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 272 |
| 12951.0 | 1885-06-16 | 1896-03-12 | 0.43 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 395 |
| 13328.0 | 1886-06-28 | 1896-03-12 | 0.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 411 |
| 14107.0 | 1888-08-15 | 1896-03-12 | 2.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 460 |
| 14399.0 | 1889-06-03 | 1896-03-12 | 0.41 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 473 |
| 14776.0 | 1890-06-15 | 1896-03-12 | 0.285 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 494 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 110 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 110 AF — 100% of that, and 8th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 102 | 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 64 | 1.2 |
| 2009 | 229 | 14th lowest of 15 · 208% of median | 64 | 2.6 |
| 2010 | 58 | 4th lowest of 15 · 53% of median | 42 | 2.8 |
| 2011 | 19 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 17% of median | 31 | 0.6 |
| 2013 | 95 | 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 53 | 2.9 |
| 2014 | 378 | 15th lowest of 15 · 344% of median | 46 | 6.2 |
| 2015 | 176 | 11th lowest of 15 · 160% of median | 40 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 189 | 12th lowest of 15 · 172% of median | 42 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 155 | 9th lowest of 15 · 141% of median | 35 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | 194 | 13th lowest of 15 · 176% of median | 49 | 3.1 |
| 2020 | 6 | 1st lowest of 15 · 6% of median | 4 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | 162 | 10th lowest of 15 · 147% of median | 53 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 33 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 30% of median | 21 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 92 | 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 36 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 110 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 42 | 1.5 |
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