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EVERGREEN DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3800666 · 1 · OWL CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:49 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 1880-07-02 — 2nd 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: WACO DITCH (1880-06-18). Immediately behind: ASPEN DITCH (1880-07-12).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11141.0 | 1880-07-02 | 1889-05-11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 2 |
| 13305.0 | 1886-06-05 | 1889-05-11 | 0.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 158 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 56 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 60 AF — 107% of that, and 9th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6 | 6th lowest of 15 · 11% of median | 5 | 0.8 |
| 2003 | 73 | 10th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 48 | 1.0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5th lowest of 15 · 2% of median | 35 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | 150 | 14th lowest of 15 · 268% of median | 58 | 1.4 |
| 2007 | 142 | 13th lowest of 15 · 254% of median | 43 | 1.7 |
| 2008 | 93 | 12th lowest of 15 · 166% of median | 46 | 1.1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 80 | 11th lowest of 15 · 143% of median | 84 | 0.5 |
| 2011 | 245 | 15th lowest of 15 · 438% of median | 84 | 1.7 |
| 2012 | 56 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 59 | 0.5 |
| 2017 | 50 | 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 25 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 60 | 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 33 | 0.9 |
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