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CENTER CREEK DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3800579 · 1 · CENTER CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:54 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 1931-06-02 — 482nd most senior of the 4788 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: UNION DITCH (1884-04-20). Immediately behind: STAPLETON BROS ALT NO 1 (1904-06-30).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30030.29737 | 1931-06-02 | 1933-04-22 | 0.9 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | 267, DOM10 |
| 53325.46903 | 1978-06-01 | 1996-12-31 | 0.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 148 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 148 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 13,884 | 15th lowest of 15 · 9381% of median | 175 | 40.0 |
| 1980 | 365 | 13th lowest of 15 · 247% of median | 184 | 1.0 |
| 1981 | 136 | 5th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 138 | 0.5 |
| 1982 | 135 | 4th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 137 | 0.5 |
| 1983 | 1,517 | 14th lowest of 15 · 1025% of median | 153 | 5.0 |
| 1984 | 182 | 9th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 184 | 0.5 |
| 1985 | 143 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 145 | 0.5 |
| 1986 | 136 | 5th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 138 | 0.5 |
| 1998 | 227 | 11th lowest of 15 · 153% of median | 144 | 0.8 |
| 1999 | 237 | 12th lowest of 15 · 160% of median | 146 | 0.9 |
| 2004 | 17 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 12% of median | 50 | 0.2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | 183 | 10th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 186 | 0.5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 148 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 171 | 0.4 |
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