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Structure dossier · WDID 3900507 · 1 · CANYON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:23 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 1904-12-07 — 171st most senior of the 1758 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: BAXTER NO 5 DITCH (1903-05-01). Immediately behind: COZZA NO 2 DITCH (1904-04-01).

Decreed rights (1)

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
20528.200641904-12-071906-06-07 1.60.0 CIRR 172

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 75 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2005, came in at 81 AF — 108% of that, and 9th 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)
1990 146 14th lowest of 15 · 195% of median 187 0.6
1991 105 12th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 143 0.4
1992 75 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 100 0.4
1993 260 15th lowest of 15 · 347% of median 132 1.0
1994 91 11th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 93 0.5
1996 47 2nd lowest of 15 · 63% of median 81 0.4
1997 57 5th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 68 0.5
1998 62 7th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 113 0.3
1999 87 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 154 0.4
2000 7 1st lowest of 15 · 9% of median 130 0.0
2001 60 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 152 0.2
2002 48 3rd lowest of 15 · 64% of median 122 0.2
2003 52 4th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 132 0.2
2004 131 13th lowest of 15 · 175% of median 120 1.1
2005 81 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 164 0.2

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