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HOOVER JACQUES DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5800694 · 1 · ELK RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:55 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 1887-07-01 — 52nd 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: FRANZ DITCH (1887-07-01). Immediately behind: WALTON CREEK DITCH (1887-07-20).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13696.0 | 1887-07-01 | 1892-09-22 | 3.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 33 |
| 31000.24056 | 1915-11-12 | 1935-04-06 | 4.43 | 0.0 | C | IRRSTK | , 242D |
| 33782.30993 | 1934-11-09 | 1946-09-14 | 6.74 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 340 |
| 44559.24056 | 1915-11-12 | 1972-12-31 | 7.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | |
| 44673.0 | 1972-04-23 | 1972-12-31 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRSTK | |
| 44925.44897 | 1972-12-03 | 1973-12-31 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRFISSTK | |
| 45190.0 | 1973-09-22 | 1973-12-31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRSTK |
Legal record & documents
12 decreed actions on record across
11 court cases:
W0552-73, W0491-78, W0491-73, W0168-72, W0124-74, W0124-72, 21CW3048, CA2475, W0178-72, 04/06/1935 and 1 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W0552-73 | 1 | 1973-12-31 | S |
W0491-78 | 1 | 1973-12-31 | S |
W0491-73 | 1 | 1973-12-31 | S |
W0168-72 | 1 | 1972-12-31 | S |
W0124-74 | 1 | 1972-12-31 | S |
W0124-72 | 1 | 1972-12-31 | S |
21CW3048 | 1 | 1972-12-31 | S |
CA2475 | 1 | 1946-09-14 | S |
W0178-72 | 1 | 1935-04-06 | S |
04/06/1935 | 2 | 1935-04-06 | S |
09/22/1892 | 1 | 1892-09-22 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,432 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 2,437 AF — 170% of that, and 13th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 833 | 1st lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 31 | 14.0 |
| 2012 | 3,013 | 15th lowest of 15 · 210% of median | 227 | 10.1 |
| 2013 | 2,971 | 14th lowest of 15 · 208% of median | 158 | 14.2 |
| 2014 | 1,843 | 10th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 155 | 9.8 |
| 2015 | 2,257 | 12th lowest of 15 · 158% of median | 195 | 14.8 |
| 2016 | 1,409 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 271 | 12.9 |
| 2017 | 1,085 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 146 | 6.2 |
| 2018 | 1,171 | 5th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 156 | 12.8 |
| 2019 | 1,150 | 4th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 134 | 10.6 |
| 2020 | 1,432 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 191 | 9.8 |
| 2021 | 2,141 | 11th lowest of 15 · 150% of median | 159 | 16.1 |
| 2022 | 1,308 | 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 171 | 11.4 |
| 2023 | 943 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 126 | 10.1 |
| 2024 | 1,626 | 9th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 152 | 11.6 |
| 2025 | 2,437 | 13th lowest of 15 · 170% of median | 137 | 18.2 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 7 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 14271 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 62% of the irrigation seasons in 1918-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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