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CABIN CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5300521 · 1 · CABIN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 1884-08-25 — 15th most senior of the 1231 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: SANDERS DITCH (1884-03-31). Immediately behind: DERBY DITCH (1884-08-28).

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
12656.01884-08-251890-11-20 2.50.0 CIRR 12

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,394 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 833 AF — 35% of that, and 1st 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)
2004 4,986 15th lowest of 15 · 208% of median 177 18.8
2005 4,338 14th lowest of 15 · 181% of median 137 20.0
2006 2,896 11th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 106 20.0
2007 3,407 12th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 106 17.8
2008 1,619 2nd lowest of 15 · 68% of median 111 12.0
2009 2,628 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 118 12.0
2010 2,573 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 109 14.0
2011 3,487 13th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 148 13.3
2012 2,394 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 169 10.0
2013 2,383 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 115 12.4
2015 1,786 3rd lowest of 15 · 75% of median 175 6.0
2016 2,160 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 151 11.6
2017 1,983 4th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 148 8.2
2018 2,113 5th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 136 8.7
2019 833 1st lowest of 15 · 35% of median 107 7.5

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