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LITTLE HILLS ALT HG 3
Structure dossier · WDID 4302611 · 1 · PICEANCE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:49 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1886-03-20 — 37th most senior of the 3293 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: HAYES DITCH (1886-03-20). Immediately behind: LITTLE HILLS ALT HG 4 (1886-03-20).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13228.0 | 1886-03-20 | 1889-05-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 31 |
| 13362.0 | 1886-08-01 | 1889-05-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 46 |
| 13394.0 | 1886-09-02 | 1889-05-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 49 |
| 13971.0 | 1888-04-01 | 1889-05-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 89 |
| 14001.0 | 1888-05-01 | 1889-05-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 94 |
| 14002.0 | 1888-05-02 | 1889-05-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 96 |
| 23255.14393 | 1889-05-28 | 1913-09-03 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 195 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 176 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 45 AF — 26% of that, and 5th 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 | 233 | 11th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 151 | 1.6 |
| 2011 | 224 | 10th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | 72 | 2.0 |
| 2012 | 113 | 6th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 43 | 1.5 |
| 2013 | 176 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 158 | 1.0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 4 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 151 | 7th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 172 | 1.8 |
| 2019 | 411 | 12th lowest of 15 · 234% of median | 174 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | 540 | 15th lowest of 15 · 307% of median | 257 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | 223 | 9th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | 194 | 0.7 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4th lowest of 15 · 1% of median | 3 | 0.7 |
| 2023 | 489 | 14th lowest of 15 · 278% of median | 161 | 2.3 |
| 2024 | 476 | 13th lowest of 15 · 270% of median | 169 | 1.9 |
| 2025 | 45 | 5th lowest of 15 · 26% of median | 29 | 0.8 |
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