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ELBERT NO 1 DITCH (J)

Structure dossier · WDID 3000536 · 1 · ANIMAS RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:07 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.

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 1879-04-02 — 161st most senior of the 2277 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: DURANGO ESTATES LAKE (1879-04-01). Immediately behind: ELBERT NO 1 DITCH (W) (1879-04-02).

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
10684.01879-04-021923-11-08 2.750.0 CIRR A-8

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 578 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 408 AF — 71% of that, and 4th 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 1,136 13th lowest of 15 · 196% of median 256 2.8
2012 1,230 14th lowest of 15 · 213% of median 366 2.8
2013 1,027 9th lowest of 15 · 178% of median 365 2.8
2014 1,409 15th lowest of 15 · 244% of median 365 2.8
2015 343 3rd lowest of 15 · 59% of median 206 1.0
2016 165 2nd lowest of 15 · 28% of median 255 1.5
2017 156 1st lowest of 15 · 27% of median 219 1.0
2018 440 5th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 215 2.8
2019 531 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 193 2.5
2020 578 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 209 3.0
2021 522 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 244 2.5
2022 1,072 11th lowest of 15 · 186% of median 257 2.8
2023 1,095 12th lowest of 15 · 189% of median 365 2.8
2024 1,061 10th lowest of 15 · 184% of median 321 2.8
2025 408 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 218 1.0

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