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LOUTSENHIZER CANAL
Structure dossier · WDID 4100537 · 1 · UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:04 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 1881-11-01 — 3rd most senior of the 1104 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: RESERVATION DITCH (1880-07-01). Immediately behind: MONTROSE & DELTA CANAL (1881-11-01).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11628.0 | 1881-11-01 | 1890-06-30 | 0.54 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 2 |
| 12387.0 | 1883-11-30 | 1890-06-30 | 7.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 38 |
| 13342.0 | 1886-07-12 | 1890-06-30 | 33.33 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 76 |
| 14198.0 | 1888-11-14 | 1890-06-30 | 5.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 107 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 37,740 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 38,617 AF — 102% of that, and 9th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36,094 | 5th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 214 | 118.0 |
| 2012 | 34,129 | 4th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 214 | 122.0 |
| 2013 | 33,501 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 214 | 99.0 |
| 2014 | 32,359 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 214 | 129.0 |
| 2015 | 37,740 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 206 | 139.0 |
| 2016 | 40,554 | 11th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 214 | 198.0 |
| 2017 | 39,343 | 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 275 | 178.0 |
| 2018 | 46,280 | 15th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 365 | 136.0 |
| 2019 | 26,804 | 1st lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 334 | 151.0 |
| 2020 | 42,617 | 13th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 213 | 151.0 |
| 2021 | 37,072 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 269 | 151.0 |
| 2022 | 45,730 | 14th lowest of 15 · 121% of median | 365 | 151.0 |
| 2023 | 36,630 | 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 365 | 151.0 |
| 2024 | 41,602 | 12th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 366 | 141.0 |
| 2025 | 38,617 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 304 | 128.0 |
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