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WHITE CREEK NO 1 DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 2900753 · 1 · WHITE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:33 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1899-06-01 — 135th most senior of the 853 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: HIMES DITCH (1898-10-15). Immediately behind: SAN JUAN R RESORT NO 1 (1899-10-05).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19012.18049 | 1899-06-01 | 1912-11-13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | #137 |
| 22962.14442 | 1889-07-16 | 1928-06-05 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | #186 |
| 41016.34119 | 1943-06-01 | 1968-12-19 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRSTK | 68-84 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 182 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 109 AF — 60% of that, and 5th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 417 | 15th lowest of 15 · 229% of median | 80 | 5.5 |
| 2012 | 203 | 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 74 | 3.4 |
| 2013 | 182 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 110 | 1.6 |
| 2014 | 266 | 12th lowest of 15 · 146% of median | 93 | 3.0 |
| 2015 | 114 | 6th lowest of 15 · 63% of median | 44 | 2.4 |
| 2016 | 92 | 4th lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 81 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 33 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 18% of median | 17 | 2.8 |
| 2018 | 62 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 34% of median | 41 | 2.3 |
| 2019 | 206 | 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 96 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1st lowest of 15 · 7% of median | 30 | 0.6 |
| 2021 | 160 | 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 169 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 408 | 14th lowest of 15 · 224% of median | 179 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 268 | 13th lowest of 15 · 147% of median | 197 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 198 | 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 140 | 1.8 |
| 2025 | 109 | 5th lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 163 | 1.1 |
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