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ELMER NO 2 DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5900714 · 1 · SPRING CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:38 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — 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 1915-05-10 — 524th most senior of the 2360 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: CARPENTER DITCH (1914-06-10). Immediately behind: HAGIN DITCH (1916-12-31).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23870.0 | 1915-05-10 | 1921-10-25 | 1.875 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 213, 239 |
| 30037.0 | 1932-03-28 | 1932-04-28 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 271 |
| 30667.2387 | 1915-05-10 | 1941-04-29 | 2.225 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 432 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 950 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 641 AF — 68% of that, and 3rd 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 | 1,335 | 15th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 183 | 4.9 |
| 2012 | 611 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 149 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 988 | 11th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 173 | 4.2 |
| 2014 | 1,175 | 14th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 164 | 4.4 |
| 2015 | 816 | 5th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 191 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 938 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 167 | 4.1 |
| 2017 | 950 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 162 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 919 | 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 164 | 4.2 |
| 2019 | 967 | 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 150 | 4.4 |
| 2020 | 997 | 12th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 177 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 1,074 | 13th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 157 | 5.1 |
| 2022 | 954 | 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 167 | 3.4 |
| 2023 | 670 | 4th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 159 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 475 | 1st lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 130 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 641 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 152 | 3.6 |
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