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Structure dossier · WDID 1500538 · 1 · GREENHORN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:36 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1859-05-01 — 5th most senior of the 704 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: HAYDEN SUPPLY DITCH (1859-05-01). Immediately behind: GREENHORN HIGHLINE DITCH (1859-05-01).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3408.0 | 1859-05-01 | 1893-06-26 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 1, 2 |
| 13514.0 | 1886-12-31 | 1893-06-26 | 0.2 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 169 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,186 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1997, came in at 1,280 AF — 108% of that, and 9th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 543 | 1st lowest of 15 · 46% of median | 296 | 2.4 |
| 1984 | 949 | 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 276 | 5.7 |
| 1985 | 1,015 | 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 298 | 3.9 |
| 1986 | 934 | 4th lowest of 15 · 79% of median | 275 | 6.4 |
| 1987 | 1,074 | 7th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 132 | 18.0 |
| 1988 | 1,326 | 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 195 | 10.8 |
| 1989 | 1,399 | 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 283 | 8.3 |
| 1990 | 1,429 | 13th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 254 | 13.3 |
| 1991 | 1,411 | 12th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 285 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 733 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 62% of median | 225 | 6.8 |
| 1993 | 844 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 274 | 3.9 |
| 1994 | 1,186 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 322 | 10.8 |
| 1995 | 1,559 | 15th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 335 | 7.1 |
| 1996 | 1,494 | 14th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 358 | 6.2 |
| 1997 | 1,280 | 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 304 | 6.7 |
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