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ELI CERISE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800659 · 1 · ROARING FORK RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:52 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

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 1905-05-01 — 466th 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: HIDEOUT WELL NO 4 (1929-12-31). Immediately behind: OULD WELL NO 1 (1930-04-30).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
29274.202091905-05-011930-06-10 8.330.0 CIRRRECFISFIRAUGOTH 256
30941.205751906-05-021936-08-25 6.660.0 CIRRRECFISFIROTH 372
36396.155171892-06-251952-10-24 0.00.0 CIRR 494

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,869 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,862 AF — 100% of that, and 7th 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)
2010 1,393 2nd lowest of 15 · 74% of median — 139 7.2
2011 1,476 4th lowest of 15 · 79% of median — 155 5.7
2012 961 1st lowest of 15 · 51% of median — 108 7.8
2013 2,320 12th lowest of 15 · 124% of median — 160 11.1
2014 1,938 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median — 157 8.6
2015 1,793 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median — 165 7.3
2016 2,253 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 181 184 8.7
2017 1,529 5th lowest of 15 · 82% of median — 174 8.5
2018 1,452 3rd lowest of 15 · 78% of median 19 194 10.1
2019 3,563 15th lowest of 15 · 191% of median 18 184 11.8
2020 3,271 14th lowest of 15 · 175% of median 21 214 11.7
2021 1,869 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 21 214 11.2
2022 2,636 13th lowest of 15 · 141% of median 21 214 12.0
2023 2,126 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 21 214 9.3
2024 1,862 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 21 214 10.2

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