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ELK CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5300570 · 1 · ELK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:12 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

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 1886-12-22 — 42nd 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: TELLEEN WELL (1886-11-09). Immediately behind: CABIN POND DITCH (1886-12-22).

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
13505.01886-12-221890-11-20 1.6670.0 CIRR 44

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 98 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 266 AF — 271% of that, and 13th 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)
2006 75 5th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 63 0.6
2007 98 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 93 0.6
2008 50 3rd lowest of 15 · 51% of median 52 0.5
2009 90 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 72 0.6
2010 304 15th lowest of 15 · 310% of median 98 1.9
2011 206 11th lowest of 15 · 210% of median 66 1.8
2012 94 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 76 1.0
2013 140 9th lowest of 15 · 143% of median 57 1.6
2015 215 12th lowest of 15 · 219% of median 119 1.4
2016 186 10th lowest of 15 · 190% of median 108 1.4
2017 24 2nd lowest of 15 · 24% of median 35 0.3
2018 15 1st lowest of 15 · 15% of median 31 0.2
2019 67 4th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 86 0.4
2020 300 14th lowest of 15 · 306% of median 88 2.5
2022 266 13th lowest of 15 · 271% of median 104 1.3

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