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CLINETOP DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3900531 · 1 · MAIN ELK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:05 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 1885-10-01 — 178th 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: MONCKTON PUMP & PL (1885-05-10). Immediately behind: SHUPE/WESCOTT DITCH (1885-10-01).

Decreed rights (7)

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
21441.130581885-10-011908-12-03 2.26980.0 CIRRDOMAUG 49A
21521.136661887-06-011908-12-05 0.50.0 CIRRFISFIRDOMSTK 115B
23352.212891908-04-151914-01-10 1.00.0 CIRR 176BB
32959.246011917-05-101943-01-11 0.20.0 CIRRFISFIRDOMSTK 216
32959.259951921-03-041943-01-11 5.18040.0 CIRRDOMAUG 220B
32959.259951921-03-041943-01-11 0.29330.0 CIRRDOM 220A
37755.01953-05-151966-11-10 0.96650.0 CIRRDOM 312

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 955 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,107 AF — 116% of that, and 11th 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 955 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 168 4.7
2011 1,373 13th lowest of 15 · 144% of median — 170 6.1
2012 1,027 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 173 150 7.2
2013 878 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 79 142 4.9
2014 715 3rd lowest of 15 · 75% of median 33 164 4.1
2015 692 2nd lowest of 15 · 72% of median 253 192 3.6
2016 919 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 335 214 3.0
2017 1,524 14th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 335 214 5.0
2018 1,215 12th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 335 214 4.3
2019 844 5th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 335 214 3.7
2020 1,079 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 335 214 3.8
2021 754 4th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 61 214 3.1
2022 620 1st lowest of 15 · 65% of median 60 214 3.1
2023 1,538 15th lowest of 15 · 161% of median 335 214 4.7
2024 1,107 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 337 214 4.2

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.