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ELK CREEK NO 2 DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3800661 · 1 · HUNTER CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:52 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 in line
Priority 1918-08-10 — 427th 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: DIEMOZ WELL NO 1 (1922-06-15). Immediately behind: CLOUD DITCH (1886-04-15).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26604.25058 | 1918-08-10 | 1922-11-27 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 134AA |
| 38563.0 | 1955-08-01 | 1958-06-20 | 3.46 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 705 |
Recorded use (last 13 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,081 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1995, came in at 305 AF — 28% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 13 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,170 | 11th lowest of 13 · 108% of median | 149 | 5.0 |
| 1976 | 1,135 | 10th lowest of 13 · 105% of median | 144 | 4.0 |
| 1977 | 1,089 | 9th lowest of 13 · 101% of median | 165 | 5.0 |
| 1978 | 1,062 | 5th lowest of 13 · 98% of median | 153 | 3.5 |
| 1979 | 1,062 | 5th lowest of 13 · 98% of median | 153 | 3.5 |
| 1980 | 1,517 | 13th lowest of 13 · 140% of median | 153 | 5.0 |
| 1981 | 893 | 3rd lowest of 13 · 83% of median | 91 | 5.0 |
| 1982 | 1,190 | 12th lowest of 13 · 110% of median | 121 | 5.0 |
| 1983 | 912 | 4th lowest of 13 · 84% of median | 93 | 5.0 |
| 1984 | 1,081 | 7th lowest of 13 · 100% of median | 110 | 5.0 |
| 1985 | 1,081 | 7th lowest of 13 · 100% of median | 110 | 5.0 |
| 1986 | 105 | 1st lowest of 13 · 10% of median | 107 | 0.5 |
| 1995 | 305 | 2nd lowest of 13 · 28% of median | 78 | 2.0 |
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