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CULLEN DITCH 2

Structure dossier · WDID 5800599 · 1 · ELK RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:08 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 1892-05-15 — 241st most senior of the 3097 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: LOWER PLEASANT VALLEY D (1890-04-20). Immediately behind: CULLEN DITCH 2 AP (1892-05-15).

Decreed rights (3)

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
18898.154761892-05-151902-09-15 1.660.0 CIRRDOM 115
33782.19251902-09-151946-09-14 4.340.0 CIRR 286
41727.322931938-06-011972-05-30 2.00.0 CIRRSTK 20

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 409 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,971 AF — 482% 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)
2010 373 7th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 49 6.0
2012 208 4th lowest of 15 · 51% of median 71 2.0
2013 409 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 82 2.7
2014 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2015 555 10th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 26 12.2
2016 25 3rd lowest of 15 · 6% of median 32 0.4
2017 258 5th lowest of 15 · 63% of median 115 1.9
2018 462 9th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 55 6.5
2019 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2020 762 12th lowest of 15 · 186% of median 67 8.0
2021 1,155 14th lowest of 15 · 282% of median 81 10.4
2022 557 11th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 44 6.8
2023 305 6th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 134 3.8
2024 851 13th lowest of 15 · 208% of median 144 10.4
2025 1,971 15th lowest of 15 · 482% of median 177 16.0

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