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Structure dossier · WDID 4001294 · 1 · DIRTY GEORGE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 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 1886-03-01 — 2539th 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: CRISTLEN SPRINGS AND PIPELINE (1977-12-31). Immediately behind: HARRINGTON DEMOSS DITCH (1901-05-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46751.13209 | 1886-03-01 | 1978-12-31 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 0 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 0 AF — —% of that, and 1st 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 125 | 15th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 78 | 1.0 |
| 1998 | 56 | 14th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 33 | 1.0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 11th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 4 | 1.3 |
| 2014 | 10 | 12th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 9 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 40 | 13th lowest of 15 · —% of median | 25 | 1.0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 6 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · —% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
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