Hydrohistorian
← My Water · Print / save as PDF
MAIN ELK WHEELER G PL
Structure dossier · WDID 3900721 · 7 · MAIN ELK CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 1963-06-19 — 455th 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: UPPER RANCH WELL (1963-05-31). Immediately behind: MAHAFFEY PUMPING PLANT AND PIPELINE (1963-06-19).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41442.0 | 1963-06-19 | 1966-11-10 | 0.0 | 40.0 | C | IRRMUNINDDOMAUG | 342 |
Recorded use (last 8 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 902 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1957, came in at 1,591 AF — 176% of that, and 8th lowest of the 8 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 962 | 5th lowest of 8 · 107% of median | 153 | 5.0 |
| 1951 | 619 | 1st lowest of 8 · 69% of median | 111 | 4.0 |
| 1952 | 1,073 | 6th lowest of 8 · 119% of median | 155 | 4.0 |
| 1953 | 677 | 2nd lowest of 8 · 75% of median | 124 | 4.0 |
| 1954 | 1,087 | 7th lowest of 8 · 121% of median | 138 | 4.0 |
| 1955 | 841 | 3rd lowest of 8 · 93% of median | 107 | 4.0 |
| 1956 | 841 | 3rd lowest of 8 · 93% of median | 107 | 4.0 |
| 1957 | 1,591 | 8th lowest of 8 · 176% of median | 170 | 6.0 |
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.