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MINNESOTA CANAL
Structure dossier · WDID 4001020 · 1 · MINNESOTA CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 03:53 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 1883-05-05 — 47th 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: CLOUGH DITCH (1883-05-05). Immediately behind: SWEEZY TURNER DITCH (1883-05-05).
Decreed rights (11)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12178.0 | 1883-05-05 | 1889-06-17 | 0.6 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 1 |
| 14413.12218 | 1883-06-14 | 1901-04-12 | 0.267 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 6 |
| 14413.12283 | 1883-08-18 | 1901-04-12 | 0.813 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 7 |
| 14413.12285 | 1883-08-20 | 1901-04-12 | 0.435 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 8 |
| 14413.12488 | 1884-03-10 | 1901-04-12 | 0.667 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 11 |
| 14413.13758 | 1887-09-01 | 1901-04-12 | 32.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 20 |
| 21263.19601 | 1903-09-01 | 1914-06-23 | 0.6 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | A74 |
| 22035.0 | 1910-05-01 | 1914-06-23 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | A119 |
| 25807.22066 | 1910-06-01 | 1930-02-10 | 10.98 | 0.0 | C | IRR | G67 |
| 31924.13758 | 1887-09-01 | 1954-03-20 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | DOMSTK | J28 |
| 62091.5984 | 2013-11-01 | 2020-12-31 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | STK |
Legal record & documents
26 decreed actions on record across
8 court cases:
20CW0021, CA3503, CA2030, CA3850, CA0617, 86CW0038, CA0886, CA0228.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
20CW0021 | 1 | 2020-12-31 | S |
CA3503 | 1 | 1954-03-20 | S |
CA2030 | 1 | 1930-02-10 | S |
CA3850 | 6 | 1914-06-23 | O, S |
CA0617 | 1 | 1914-06-23 | S |
86CW0038 | 12 | 1914-06-23 | O, S |
CA0886 | 3 | 1901-04-12 | O, S |
CA0228 | 1 | 1901-04-12 | S |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 7,454 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 7,261 AF — 97% of that, and 7th lowest of the 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,048 | 6th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 189 | 38.1 |
| 2011 | 8,080 | 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 183 | 44.7 |
| 2012 | 3,465 | 1st lowest of 15 · 46% of median | 88 | 40.4 |
| 2013 | 6,032 | 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 221 | 39.0 |
| 2014 | 8,100 | 11th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 190 | 46.7 |
| 2015 | 7,891 | 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 258 | 47.3 |
| 2016 | 8,186 | 12th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 366 | 47.9 |
| 2017 | 8,569 | 13th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 346 | 54.0 |
| 2018 | 3,534 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 47% of median | 299 | 36.0 |
| 2019 | 8,900 | 14th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 365 | 46.2 |
| 2020 | 4,601 | 4th lowest of 15 · 62% of median | 326 | 40.5 |
| 2021 | 3,903 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 52% of median | 352 | 36.5 |
| 2022 | 7,454 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 362 | 45.5 |
| 2023 | 9,139 | 15th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 365 | 44.0 |
| 2024 | 7,261 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 305 | 40.2 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 11 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 11116 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 95% of the irrigation seasons in 1970-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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