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ELGIN CREEK DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5800625 · 1 · MOORE PARK CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:46 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 1889-07-13 — 622nd 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: WHITELEY NELSON RESERVOIR (1911-04-14). Immediately behind: F J WELL 1 (1940-04-15).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32916.14439 | 1889-07-13 | 1940-09-30 | 6.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 361 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 81 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1,091 | 15th lowest of 15 · 1347% of median | 79 | 12.0 |
| 2010 | 254 | 11th lowest of 15 · 314% of median | 67 | 4.5 |
| 2011 | 776 | 14th lowest of 15 · 958% of median | 74 | 8.0 |
| 2012 | 71 | 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 19 | 2.0 |
| 2013 | 179 | 10th lowest of 15 · 221% of median | 33 | 6.5 |
| 2014 | 303 | 12th lowest of 15 · 374% of median | 50 | 5.0 |
| 2015 | 349 | 13th lowest of 15 · 431% of median | 48 | 6.0 |
| 2016 | 113 | 9th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 19 | 4.0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 4 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 56 | 5th lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 13 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 43 | 4th lowest of 15 · 53% of median | 27 | 1.6 |
| 2023 | 56 | 5th lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 12 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 81 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 34 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
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