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E.C. WHITTEN DITCH 1

Structure dossier · WDID 2300975 · DITCH · MICHIGAN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:20 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (0576005) — 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.

Current administration

● Fully called out — call at LAST CHANCE DITCH 2 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1863-12-30).

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 1885-06-01 — 778th most senior of the 21881 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: 2300513 (1885-06-01). Immediately behind: 2302000 (1885-06-01).

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
14536.129361885-06-011913-05-22 0.530.0 CIRRDOM

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 45 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 45 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 55 9th lowest of 15 · 122% of median — 57 0.5
2011 74 13th lowest of 15 · 164% of median — 72 0.5
2012 17 4th lowest of 15 · 38% of median — 20 0.5
2013 16 3rd lowest of 15 · 36% of median — 16 0.5
2014 57 10th lowest of 15 · 127% of median — 55 0.5
2015 107 14th lowest of 15 · 238% of median — 104 0.5
2016 61 11th lowest of 15 · 136% of median — 59 0.5
2017 41 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median — 41 0.5
2018 12 1st lowest of 15 · 27% of median — 13 0.5
2019 219 15th lowest of 15 · 487% of median — 76 5.2
2020 43 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median — 43 0.5
2021 38 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median — 42 0.5
2022 13 2nd lowest of 15 · 29% of median — 14 0.5
2023 62 12th lowest of 15 · 138% of median — 60 0.5
2024 45 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 44 0.5

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.