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WEINERT-OWENS CR DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5901180 · 1 · CARBON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:21 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.

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 1898-07-08 — 699th 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: ELK CR HIGHLINE DITCH (1898-06-30). Immediately behind: WATT NO 2 DITCH (1900-05-03).

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
30667.177211898-07-081941-04-29 9.00.0 CIRR 372

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 167 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 167 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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)
2009 309 13th lowest of 15 · 185% of median 70 3.2
2010 47 1st lowest of 15 · 28% of median 35 0.8
2012 106 4th lowest of 15 · 64% of median 47 1.2
2014 170 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 59 2.3
2015 400 15th lowest of 15 · 240% of median 89 2.3
2016 195 10th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 98 2.3
2017 263 11th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 94 2.8
2018 68 2nd lowest of 15 · 41% of median 64 1.1
2019 164 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 91 1.8
2020 139 5th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 91 1.1
2021 148 6th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 96 1.4
2022 281 12th lowest of 15 · 168% of median 62 2.6
2023 389 14th lowest of 15 · 233% of median 92 3.8
2024 89 3rd lowest of 15 · 53% of median 71 1.0
2025 167 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 68 2.0

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 1767 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 31% of the irrigation seasons in 1999-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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