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25 MESA UP LIT MONITOR D
Structure dossier · WDID 4001319 · 1 · LITTLE MONITOR CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:52 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 1904-06-01 — 1560th 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: WADE ALLEN DITCH (1904-06-01). Immediately behind: HANSEN DITCH (1904-07-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29260.19875 | 1904-06-01 | 1937-05-28 | 7.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | H49 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 80 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 107 AF — 134% of that, and 10th 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 | 1,055 | 15th lowest of 15 · 1319% of median | 72 | 10.0 |
| 2011 | 1,000 | 14th lowest of 15 · 1250% of median | 85 | 6.0 |
| 2012 | 159 | 12th lowest of 15 · 199% of median | 41 | 2.0 |
| 2013 | 233 | 13th lowest of 15 · 291% of median | 59 | 2.5 |
| 2014 | 68 | 7th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 52 | 1.2 |
| 2015 | 147 | 11th lowest of 15 · 184% of median | 116 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 57 | 5th lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 67 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 80 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 53 | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 4 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 95 | 9th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 42 | 5.0 |
| 2020 | 20 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 25% of median | 41 | 0.2 |
| 2021 | 45 | 4th lowest of 15 · 56% of median | 50 | 0.8 |
| 2022 | 62 | 6th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 66 | 0.5 |
| 2023 | 18 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 22% of median | 37 | 0.2 |
| 2024 | 107 | 10th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 56 | 1.0 |
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