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ALBERT CREEK DITCH NO 4

Structure dossier · WDID 5000681 · 1 · ALBERT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:04 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 1913-12-31 — 245th most senior of the 360 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: MARTIN OUTLET DITCH (1913-12-31). Immediately behind: BASIN DITCH (1913-12-31).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
47116.233751913-12-311979-12-31 0.750.0 CIRR
47204.01979-03-291979-12-31 2.950.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 101 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 107 AF — 106% of that, and 11th 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)
2007 101 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 43 2.0
2008 258 14th lowest of 15 · 255% of median 63 4.2
2009 102 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 48 2.0
2010 175 13th lowest of 15 · 173% of median 55 2.0
2011 275 15th lowest of 15 · 272% of median 48 4.9
2012 25 1st lowest of 15 · 25% of median 22 0.6
2013 98 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 50 1.5
2014 154 12th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 60 1.7
2015 85 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 64 1.2
2016 70 3rd lowest of 15 · 69% of median 47 1.1
2017 106 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 50 1.5
2018 55 2nd lowest of 15 · 54% of median 37 1.2
2019 99 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 56 2.0
2021 86 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 41 1.5
2022 107 11th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 34 2.0

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