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Structure dossier · WDID 4700883 · 1 · GRIZZLY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:26 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 1894-06-30 — 270th most senior of the 1262 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: STILLWATER DITCH (1894-05-10). Immediately behind: CARNEY DITCH (1894-07-01).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16252.0 | 1894-06-30 | 1908-07-01 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 142 |
| 24287.0 | 1916-06-30 | 1921-08-02 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 213 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 567 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 631 | 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 58 | 7.5 |
| 2007 | 768 | 12th lowest of 15 · 135% of median | 57 | 9.5 |
| 2008 | 648 | 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 37 | 11.0 |
| 2009 | 566 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 47 | 9.0 |
| 2010 | 788 | 13th lowest of 15 · 139% of median | 42 | 11.0 |
| 2011 | 372 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 25 | 10.0 |
| 2013 | 215 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 38% of median | 37 | 4.0 |
| 2014 | 526 | 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 41 | 8.5 |
| 2015 | 682 | 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 47 | 10.0 |
| 2016 | 554 | 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 37 | 8.5 |
| 2017 | 873 | 14th lowest of 15 · 154% of median | 54 | 8.5 |
| 2018 | 1,000 | 15th lowest of 15 · 176% of median | 48 | 12.4 |
| 2019 | 567 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 54 | 5.4 |
| 2020 | 452 | 4th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 49 | 8.5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
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