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OVERLAND DITCH (LEROUX CREEK)

Structure dossier · WDID 4000944 · 1 · LEROUX CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:48 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 1883-08-1163rd 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: WILCOX DITCH (1883-08-11). Immediately behind: HORSE MT D (1883-08-11).

Decreed rights (30)

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
12276.01883-08-111889-06-17 0.00.0 CIRR 3
12285.01883-08-201889-06-17 0.00.0 CIRR 4
12467.01884-02-181889-06-17 0.00.0 CIRR 6
13119.01885-12-011889-06-17 0.00.0 CIRR 7
13602.01887-03-291889-06-17 0.00.0 CIRR 8
13606.01887-04-021889-06-17 0.00.0 CIRR 9
13633.01887-04-291889-06-17 0.00.0 CIRR 10
13686.01887-06-211889-06-17 0.00.0 CIRR 11
14413.136061887-04-021901-04-12 0.00.0 CIRR 19
19415.187781901-05-311904-02-20 0.00.0 CIRR 41
21089.144131889-06-171908-03-20 0.00.0 CIRR 13
21089.157971893-04-011908-03-20 0.00.0 CIRR 15
21089.159191893-08-011908-03-20 24.720.0 CIRR 16
21089.165271895-04-011908-03-20 0.00.0 CIRR 17
21089.168931896-04-011908-03-20 0.00.0 CIRR 18
21089.172581897-04-011908-03-20 0.00.0 CIRR 20
21089.176231898-04-011908-03-20 0.00.0 CIRR 21
21089.183531900-04-011908-03-20 0.00.0 CIRR 22
21089.187181901-04-011908-03-20 0.00.0 CIRR 23
21089.189751901-12-141908-03-20 0.00.0 CIRR 25
21089.190061902-01-141908-03-20 0.00.0 CIRR 24
21089.190831902-04-011908-03-20 0.00.0 CIRR 25
21089.198141904-04-011908-03-20 0.00.0 CIRR 27
25301.01919-04-101920-08-28 75.00.0 CIRR B47
25807.212641908-03-211930-02-10 0.00.0 CIRR 53, G53
31924.118911882-07-221954-03-20 0.00.0 CDOMSTK J6
31924.121131883-03-011954-03-20 0.00.0 CDOMSTK J8
31924.127561884-12-031954-03-20 0.00.0 CDOMSTK J19
31924.159191893-08-011954-03-20 3.00.0 CDOMSTK J46
31924.311971935-06-011954-03-20 5.00.0 CIRRDOMSTK J208, J209

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 3,198 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,263 AF — 40% of that, and 5th 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 2,173 6th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 974 63 40.0
2011 8,308 15th lowest of 15 · 260% of median 78 94.3
2012 619 3rd lowest of 15 · 19% of median 22 23.0
2013 2,567 7th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 30 62.5
2014 3,198 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 50 59.3
2015 3,859 9th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 82 50.6
2016 5,167 12th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 72 65.0
2017 4,163 10th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 93 49.4
2018 377 1st lowest of 15 · 12% of median 24 16.0
2019 8,269 14th lowest of 15 · 259% of median 84 68.0
2020 1,035 4th lowest of 15 · 32% of median 20 50.0
2021 493 2nd lowest of 15 · 15% of median 19 33.9
2022 4,428 11th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 70 72.2
2023 7,289 13th lowest of 15 · 228% of median 84 70.4
2024 1,263 5th lowest of 15 · 40% of median 129 29.5

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