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SELIG CANAL
Structure dossier · WDID 4100559 · 1 · UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 1882-01-27 — 11th 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: SATISFACTION DITCH (1882-01-27). Immediately behind: ROSS BROS DITCH (1882-02-03).
Decreed rights (6)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11715.0 | 1882-01-27 | 1890-06-30 | 1.409 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 6 |
| 11729.0 | 1882-02-10 | 1890-06-30 | 17.85 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 8 |
| 11808.0 | 1882-04-30 | 1890-06-30 | 1.095 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 15 |
| 12355.0 | 1883-10-29 | 1890-06-30 | 14.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 29, 37 |
| 13917.0 | 1888-02-07 | 1890-06-30 | 58.1 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 49, 79 |
| 14198.0 | 1888-11-14 | 1890-06-30 | 28.96 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 106, 76, 8 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 69,672 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 61,631 AF — 88% of that, and 3rd 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 | 88,910 | 14th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 214 | 279.0 |
| 2012 | 64,527 | 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 214 | 193.0 |
| 2013 | 61,627 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 214 | 209.0 |
| 2014 | 71,828 | 11th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 214 | 235.0 |
| 2015 | 69,672 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 206 | 250.2 |
| 2016 | 70,573 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 245 | 220.0 |
| 2017 | 72,453 | 12th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 275 | 229.0 |
| 2018 | 63,598 | 4th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 365 | 198.3 |
| 2019 | 89,357 | 15th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 334 | 282.1 |
| 2020 | 81,842 | 13th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 244 | 250.9 |
| 2021 | 68,842 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 281 | 214.6 |
| 2022 | 68,216 | 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 365 | 201.0 |
| 2023 | 70,604 | 10th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 365 | 245.3 |
| 2024 | 61,185 | 1st lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 366 | 187.0 |
| 2025 | 61,631 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 304 | 193.0 |
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