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LEE IRRIGATION D

Structure dossier · WDID 5801021 · 1 · ELK RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:58 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 1888-06-14 — 236th 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: BURNETT DITCH (1887-09-01). Immediately behind: LEE IRR DITCH ALT PT (1888-06-14).

Decreed rights (4)

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
18898.140451888-06-141902-09-15 0.830.0 CIRRDOMALL 53
19995.148231890-08-011904-10-01 1.420.0 CIRR 102A
33782.260841921-06-011946-09-14 2.470.0 CIRRDOMALL 323
41727.399631959-06-011972-05-30 5.280.0 CIRRDOMSTKALL 38

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 502 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 842 AF — 168% of that, and 12th 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 601 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 48 8.0
2012 387 7th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 104 2.5
2013 515 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 83 3.2
2014 155 4th lowest of 15 · 31% of median 98 0.8
2015 29 1st lowest of 15 · 6% of median 10 2.4
2016 44 2nd lowest of 15 · 9% of median 43 0.7
2017 127 3rd lowest of 15 · 25% of median 54 1.2
2018 337 6th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 57 4.5
2019 306 5th lowest of 15 · 61% of median 62 2.7
2020 1,006 14th lowest of 15 · 200% of median 68 12.6
2021 1,172 15th lowest of 15 · 234% of median 90 11.1
2022 777 11th lowest of 15 · 155% of median 87 8.5
2023 502 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 134 11.8
2024 884 13th lowest of 15 · 176% of median 53 13.0
2025 842 12th lowest of 15 · 168% of median 80 10.6

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