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STEWART DITCH-GERMAN CREEK STOCK DIVERSI
Structure dossier · WDID 4003189 · 1 · GERMAN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 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 in line
Priority 1973-11-01 — 4428th 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: DAVE SMITH'S POND (1920-01-06). Immediately behind: BILLS SPRING NO. 1 (1978-02-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61361.4523 | 1973-11-01 | 2018-12-31 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | STK |
Recorded use (last 4 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 106 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 31 AF — 29% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 4 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 181 | 3rd lowest of 4 · 171% of median | 61 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 271 | 4th lowest of 4 · 256% of median | 92 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1st lowest of 4 · 17% of median | 61 | 0.2 |
| 2022 | 31 | 2nd lowest of 4 · 29% of median | 105 | 0.2 |
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