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KANNAH CREEK HIGHLINE D
Structure dossier · WDID 4200529 · 1 · KANNAH CREEK · 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 1884-11-01 — 10th most senior of the 726 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: JUNIATA DITCH 1ST ENL (1884-11-01). Immediately behind: KANNAH CREEK EXTENSION DITCH (1884-11-01).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12724.0 | 1884-11-01 | 1888-07-25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 2 |
| 13904.0 | 1888-01-25 | 1888-07-25 | 21.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | NO.11 |
| 22848.21251 | 1908-03-08 | 1916-06-01 | 49.11 | 9.89 | C | IRRMUN | NO.12 |
| 32811.0 | 1939-11-01 | 1941-07-25 | 18.79 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 34419.12419 | 1884-01-01 | 1959-07-21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | DOMSTK | 611 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,205 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,205 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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 | 1,301 | 6th lowest of 15 · 59% of median | 52 | 40.5 |
| 2011 | 2,337 | 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 59 | 42.2 |
| 2012 | 876 | 5th lowest of 15 · 40% of median | 44 | 46.4 |
| 2013 | 2,129 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 37 | 43.6 |
| 2014 | 2,301 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 76 | 42.5 |
| 2015 | 3,453 | 13th lowest of 15 · 157% of median | 75 | 42.7 |
| 2016 | 2,820 | 12th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 90 | 41.5 |
| 2017 | 2,654 | 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 77 | 36.0 |
| 2018 | 514 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 23% of median | 57 | 34.7 |
| 2019 | 3,938 | 15th lowest of 15 · 179% of median | 107 | 40.1 |
| 2020 | 687 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 31% of median | 38 | 38.6 |
| 2021 | 260 | 1st lowest of 15 · 12% of median | 41 | 24.9 |
| 2022 | 859 | 4th lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 54 | 37.8 |
| 2023 | 3,506 | 14th lowest of 15 · 159% of median | 121 | 37.3 |
| 2024 | 2,205 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 127 | 40.6 |
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