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Structure dossier · WDID 4000636 · 1 · COTTONWOOD 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 1905-06-01 — 1404th most senior of the 4661 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: I E BAKER DITCH (1905-05-16). Immediately behind: BUCK CANON DITCH (1906-05-13).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
25807.20241905-06-011930-02-10 1.570.0 CIRR G43
25807.220481910-05-141930-02-10 0.210.0 CIRR G66

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 12 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 17 AF — 142% of that, and 11th 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)
1980 11 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 14 0.5
1982 11 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 12 0.5
1983 66 13th lowest of 15 · 550% of median 70 0.5
1984 95 14th lowest of 15 · 792% of median 67 1.1
1985 55 12th lowest of 15 · 458% of median 52 1.0
1986 103 15th lowest of 15 · 858% of median 54 1.0
1987 12 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 10 1.0
1988 13 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 25 0.5
2006 1 4th lowest of 15 · 8% of median 4 0.2
2007 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2008 14 10th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 37 0.2
2009 8 5th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 25 0.2
2010 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 3 0.0
2011 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2023 17 11th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 6 1.8

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