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CARVER DITCH 1

Structure dossier · WDID 5802353 · 1 · ELK RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:43 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1958-08-20 — 1611th 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: GRAVES SPRING 11 (1958-07-09). Immediately behind: JI SPRING NO. 2 (1960-07-01).

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
47847.396781958-08-201981-12-31 1.00.0 CIRRDOMSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 88 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 80 AF — 91% of that, and 7th 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 110 11th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 304 0.2
2012 88 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 106 0.5
2013 43 3rd lowest of 15 · 49% of median 72 0.5
2014 65 6th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 114 0.4
2015 212 14th lowest of 15 · 241% of median 170 0.8
2016 306 15th lowest of 15 · 348% of median 147 1.7
2017 95 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 146 0.8
2018 89 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 109 0.4
2019 137 13th lowest of 15 · 156% of median 138 0.5
2020 121 12th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 99 1.6
2021 57 5th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 203 0.2
2022 39 2nd lowest of 15 · 44% of median 142 0.2
2023 15 1st lowest of 15 · 17% of median 54 0.2
2024 50 4th lowest of 15 · 57% of median 162 0.3
2025 80 7th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 217 0.2

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.