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METCALF DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3700708 · 1 · EAGLE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1887-04-01 — 65th most senior of the 2162 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: EAGLE TOWN OF GRAV SYS (1887-04-01). Immediately behind: WILLIAMS DITCH (1887-04-01).

Decreed rights (75)

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
13605.01887-04-011889-12-17 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKOTH 53
15462.01892-05-011894-06-29 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMRECFIRAUG 115
15646.01892-11-011894-06-29 0.00.0 CIRRAUG 127
16251.139711888-04-011901-03-05 0.00.0 AIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOMAUGEVP 146
16251.139711888-04-011901-03-05 6.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOMAUGEVP 146
16251.141541888-10-011901-03-05 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 147
16251.143371889-04-021901-03-05 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 148
16251.144161889-06-201901-03-05 0.00.0 CMUNRECDOM 153
16251.15971893-09-211901-03-05 0.00.0 CAUG 164
16927.01896-05-051901-03-05 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKOTH 172
19509.161921894-05-011903-12-08 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMRECFISFIRDOMWLD 202
19518.01903-06-101903-12-08 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKOTH 203
20405.140181888-05-181905-12-05 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMDOM 204
20427.143451889-04-101907-06-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 207
21486.01908-10-291909-01-12 0.00.0 CIRR 275
21707.133111886-06-111909-07-26 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 276
21707.149591890-12-151909-07-26 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 276A, 277A
21707.169861896-07-031909-07-26 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 277
21756.140621888-07-011909-10-25 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 278
22120.190971902-04-151911-02-27 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMRECFISFIRAUG 285
22120.198961904-06-221911-02-27 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUGOTH 286
22120.209971907-06-281911-02-27 0.00.0 CIRRAUG 287
23898.220951910-06-301915-11-08 0.00.0 CIRR 331
24052.228271912-07-011916-06-05 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMRECFISFIRAUG 333
24900.188181901-07-101919-03-17 0.00.0 CAUG 340
25515.235361914-06-101920-04-15 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUGOTH 346
25515.235361914-06-101920-04-15 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUGOTH 347
25672.23151913-05-201920-05-21 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 350
26313.242671916-06-101922-06-26 0.00.0 CIRRMUNSTKAUG 354
30894.144271889-07-011936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 375
30894.147021890-04-021936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 377
30894.173511897-07-031936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 382
30894.176571898-05-051936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKOTH 383
30894.191641902-06-211936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 393
30894.202991905-07-301936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 399
30894.209771907-06-081936-10-03 0.00.0 AIRR 404
30894.227361912-04-011936-10-03 4.870.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOMEVP 415
30894.229471912-10-291936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRR 418
30894.23881915-05-201936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 424
30894.253531919-06-011936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 437, 438
30894.25551919-12-151936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 440
30894.282141927-04-011936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 469
30894.306431933-11-241936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 482
31983.293541930-05-151956-02-07 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 498
37407.01952-06-011956-02-07 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 514
38753.333881941-05-311958-07-23 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 527
38753.359141948-04-301958-07-23 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 530
38753.374061952-05-311958-07-23 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM 535
38753.37521952-09-221958-07-23 0.00.0 AMUNCOMINDFIRDOM 536.5D
38753.379121953-10-191958-07-23 18.260.0 CIRRMUNEVP 528
42420.413661963-04-041972-05-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDFIRDOM
44301.01971-04-171971-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM
44925.305591933-09-011973-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM
44925.421551965-06-011973-12-31 0.00.0 CDOMSTK
44925.42191965-07-061973-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOM
45278.01973-12-191973-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMOTH
45290.447451972-07-041974-12-31 0.00.0 CDOMSTK
46020.432041968-04-151976-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDDOM
46020.447921972-08-201976-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDRECFIRDOM
46187.01976-06-151976-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDDOM
46386.455331974-08-311977-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDFIRDOMPWR
46751.452781973-12-191978-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMOTH
47086.01978-12-011978-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNRECFISFIRDOMSTK
47615.01980-05-131980-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNRECFIRDOM
47834.01980-12-181980-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMRECFISFIRDOMWLD
47847.328721940-01-011981-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMRECFISFIRDOMSTK
47884.01981-02-061981-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMRECFISFIRDOMSTK
47888.01981-02-101981-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMRECFISFIRDOMWLD
48009.01981-06-111981-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDFIRDOM
48942.475451980-03-041984-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDFIRDOMPWR
50894.01989-05-051989-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMRECFIRDOMSTKAUG
51499.51251990-04-261991-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRCOMRECFISFIRSTKAUG
54056.01997-12-311997-12-31 0.2573.343 CSTOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMEVP
57120.02006-05-222003-12-31 0.00.55 CAUG
57120.02006-05-222003-12-31 0.010.8 AAUG

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,004 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,837 AF — 92% of that, and 5th 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)
2010 2,465 14th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 365 10.6
2011 1,454 2nd lowest of 15 · 73% of median 365 10.6
2012 2,415 13th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 366 11.2
2013 1,674 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 365 9.4
2014 2,004 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 365 8.9
2015 1,974 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 365 8.5
2016 2,137 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 366 8.6
2017 2,137 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 365 9.0
2018 1,966 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 365 10.0
2019 1,481 3rd lowest of 15 · 74% of median 365 8.6
2020 2,193 12th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 366 9.9
2021 1,381 1st lowest of 15 · 69% of median 365 9.1
2022 2,186 11th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 365 8.6
2023 2,478 15th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 365 8.0
2024 1,837 5th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 305 6.9

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