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E.L. OSBURN DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4101054 · 1 · HAPPY CANYON CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:27 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 1889-03-26 — 596th 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: DICKS DITCH (1992-12-30). Immediately behind: CHANDIE SPRINGS (1913-12-31).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52230.1433 | 1889-03-26 | 1993-12-31 | 4.8 | 4.2 | C | STOIRR |
Recorded use (last 12 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 702 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 993 AF — 141% of that, and 10th lowest of the 12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 724 | 7th lowest of 12 · 103% of median | 57 | 8.0 |
| 2015 | 1,047 | 11th lowest of 12 · 149% of median | 152 | 6.0 |
| 2016 | 1,523 | 12th lowest of 12 · 217% of median | 179 | 12.7 |
| 2017 | 494 | 4th lowest of 12 · 70% of median | 83 | 6.0 |
| 2018 | 822 | 8th lowest of 12 · 117% of median | 154 | 8.1 |
| 2019 | 433 | 2nd lowest of 12 · 62% of median | 121 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 347 | 1st lowest of 12 · 49% of median | 111 | 2.2 |
| 2021 | 507 | 5th lowest of 12 · 72% of median | 121 | 4.0 |
| 2022 | 681 | 6th lowest of 12 · 97% of median | 89 | 7.1 |
| 2023 | 437 | 3rd lowest of 12 · 62% of median | 150 | 2.4 |
| 2024 | 834 | 9th lowest of 12 · 119% of median | 192 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 993 | 10th lowest of 12 · 141% of median | 171 | 4.5 |
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