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LOWER ELK CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6000678 · 1 · FALL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:58 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 1900-05-15 — 950th most senior of the 2893 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: WILSON DITCH PIPELINE (1899-12-31). Immediately behind: MIDDLE ELK CREEK DITCH (1900-05-15).

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
37446.183971900-05-151967-01-16 10.00.0 CIRRSTK 474

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 111 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 126 AF — 114% of that, and 10th 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 201 13th lowest of 15 · 181% of median 74 2.3
2011 39 3rd lowest of 15 · 35% of median 70 0.6
2012 108 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 62 2.2
2013 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 3 0.0
2014 8 2nd lowest of 15 · 7% of median 49 0.2
2015 111 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 148 1.2
2016 193 11th lowest of 15 · 174% of median 158 1.6
2017 317 15th lowest of 15 · 286% of median 157 2.3
2018 80 5th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 101 0.7
2019 102 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 137 1.3
2020 73 4th lowest of 15 · 66% of median 84 0.7
2021 195 12th lowest of 15 · 176% of median 155 1.2
2022 207 14th lowest of 15 · 186% of median 169 1.1
2023 114 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 111 0.9
2024 126 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 151 0.8

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 4526 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 42% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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