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ELZA REW DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000980 · 1 · GERMAN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:31 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 1956-08-15 — 1994th 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: SELL NO 4 WELL (1956-08-08). Immediately behind: SELL NO 2 WELL (1956-09-18).

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
38943.01956-08-151964-01-31 0.250.0 CIRR K143

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 55 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 35 AF — 64% of that, and 3rd 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)
2010 70 9th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 167 0.2
2011 43 4th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 109 0.2
2012 55 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 135 0.2
2013 45 5th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 105 0.3
2014 47 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 99 0.3
2015 99 14th lowest of 15 · 180% of median 175 0.3
2016 125 15th lowest of 15 · 227% of median 209 0.4
2017 93 12th lowest of 15 · 169% of median 180 0.3
2018 17 1st lowest of 15 · 31% of median 60 0.2
2019 93 12th lowest of 15 · 169% of median 189 0.2
2020 51 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 105 0.2
2021 30 2nd lowest of 15 · 54% of median 92 0.2
2022 78 10th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 160 0.2
2023 81 11th lowest of 15 · 147% of median 164 0.2
2024 35 3rd lowest of 15 · 64% of median 72 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 5614 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 49% of the irrigation seasons in 1971-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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