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MILK CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4400706 · 1 · MILK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:39 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1888-03-01 — 47th most senior of the 3562 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: D D & E DITCH (1888-03-01). Immediately behind: D D & E DITCH AP 1 (1888-03-01).

Decreed rights (10)

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
13940.01888-03-011894-09-22 0.00.0 CIRR 34
19253.160051893-10-261903-09-21 331.00.0 ASTOIRRINDAUG 71A
19253.160051893-10-261903-09-21 5.330.0 CSTOIRRINDAUG 71A
36295.160051893-10-261960-09-01 14.670.0 CIRR 2
36295.166171895-06-301960-09-01 0.00.0 CIRR 3
36295.222791910-12-311960-09-01 0.00.0 CIRR 24
36295.259321920-12-311960-09-01 0.00.0 CIRR 39
38498.01955-05-281960-09-01 0.00.0 CIRR 80A
47481.465331977-05-271980-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRINDDOM
61614.02018-09-102018-12-31 0.00.0 CSTOIRRCOMINDFIRDOMAUG

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 428 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 1,936 AF — 452% of that, and 14th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

YearDiverted (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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2001 808 13th lowest of 15 · 189% of median 140 5.0
2002 657 10th lowest of 15 · 154% of median 78 10.0
2003 710 11th lowest of 15 · 166% of median 141 5.0
2004 637 9th lowest of 15 · 149% of median 139 5.0
2005 428 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 106 3.0
2006 424 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 143 3.0
2007 151 4th lowest of 15 · 35% of median 70 2.0
2008 115 3rd lowest of 15 · 27% of median 59 1.0
2009 215 5th lowest of 15 · 50% of median 94 2.0
2011 91 2nd lowest of 15 · 21% of median 62 1.0
2012 356 6th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 170 2.0
2019 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2020 719 12th lowest of 15 · 168% of median 126 5.6
2021 2,021 15th lowest of 15 · 472% of median 231 20.8
2022 1,936 14th lowest of 15 · 452% of median 162 27.0

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