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Structure dossier · WDID 4500751 · 1 · PORCUPINE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:07 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 1883-05-12 — 14th most senior of the 1378 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: DOW DITCH (1883-05-05). Immediately behind: HARRINGTON DITCH (1883-06-01).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
12185.01883-05-121888-05-05 1.160.0 CIRR 13

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 104 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2018, came in at 104 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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)
1992 74 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 36 1.1
1993 32 1st lowest of 15 · 31% of median 15 1.2
1995 58 2nd lowest of 15 · 56% of median 30 1.0
1996 93 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 48 1.0
1997 535 13th lowest of 15 · 514% of median 189 2.1
1998 758 15th lowest of 15 · 729% of median 79 6.0
2000 81 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 50 0.8
2001 89 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 55 0.8
2002 60 3rd lowest of 15 · 58% of median 31 1.0
2003 296 10th lowest of 15 · 285% of median 150 1.0
2004 123 9th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 63 1.0
2006 406 12th lowest of 15 · 390% of median 105 3.5
2007 394 11th lowest of 15 · 379% of median 145 3.5
2008 553 14th lowest of 15 · 532% of median 87 4.8
2018 104 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 46 1.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 1581 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 17% of the irrigation seasons in 1976-2018 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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