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POWER CANAL NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 3000612 · 1 · ELBERT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:12 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 1902-10-02 — 474th 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: LITTLE CASCADE CR CANAL (1902-10-02). Immediately behind: CASCADE RESERVOIR (1902-10-02).

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
26974.192671902-10-021966-03-21 250.00.0 CINDDOMOTH 65-9A

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 13,266 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2018, came in at 5,872 AF — 44% of that, and 4th 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)
2004 22,807 14th lowest of 15 · 172% of median — 306 88.5
2005 20,896 13th lowest of 15 · 158% of median — 231 91.0
2006 13,266 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 242 55.0
2007 17,404 11th lowest of 15 · 131% of median — 280 50.0
2008 10,829 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median — 278 53.0
2009 11,639 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median — 284 52.1
2010 13,598 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 3,228 263 54.7
2011 30,101 15th lowest of 15 · 227% of median 30,101 365 83.9
2012 18,260 12th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 18,260 306 68.3
2013 9,500 5th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 9,500 244 75.2
2014 121 1st lowest of 15 · 1% of median 121 91 1.6
2015 856 2nd lowest of 15 · 6% of median 856 93 7.3
2016 5,686 3rd lowest of 15 · 43% of median 5,686 214 24.1
2017 17,054 10th lowest of 15 · 129% of median 17,054 273 76.0
2018 5,872 4th lowest of 15 · 44% of median 5,872 304 24.0

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