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SEEP CREEK DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 5000721 · 1 · WASTE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 in line

Priority 1895-05-15 — 189th 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: BURKE SPRING PIPELINE (1970-08-05). Immediately behind: SEEP CREEK DITCH NO 2 (1895-05-15).

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
44194.165711895-05-151971-12-31 1.00.0 CIRRDOMSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 46 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 198 AF — 430% of that, and 15th 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 38 5th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 33 0.6
2008 98 13th lowest of 15 · 213% of median 44 1.2
2009 44 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 42 0.6
2010 35 3rd lowest of 15 · 76% of median 26 0.7
2011 79 10th lowest of 15 · 172% of median 45 1.2
2012 37 4th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 44 0.6
2013 77 9th lowest of 15 · 167% of median 85 0.8
2014 87 11th lowest of 15 · 189% of median 47 1.2
2015 46 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 26 1.0
2016 16 1st lowest of 15 · 35% of median 11 0.8
2017 39 6th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 32 0.8
2018 25 2nd lowest of 15 · 54% of median 32 0.4
2019 90 12th lowest of 15 · 196% of median 53 1.1
2022 133 14th lowest of 15 · 289% of median 73 1.0
2023 198 15th lowest of 15 · 430% of median 201 0.5

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