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MCMINN DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 6200673 · 1 · CIMARRON RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:28 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 1883-03-31 — 29th most senior of the 1980 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: DWYER CREEK DITCH (1882-11-10). Immediately behind: HUNTER ELK CREEK DITCH (1883-05-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12143.0 | 1883-03-31 | 1904-03-28 | 5.21 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 34 |
| 18018.0 | 1899-05-01 | 1904-03-28 | 0.79 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 85 |
| 57283.0 | 2006-11-01 | 2006-12-31 | 0.27 | 0.0 | C | STK |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,073 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,034 AF — 96% of that, and 7th 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 | 1,333 | 13th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 157 | 7.3 |
| 2012 | 1,152 | 11th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 133 | 5.9 |
| 2013 | 1,083 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 93 | 8.0 |
| 2014 | 579 | 1st lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 97 | 6.4 |
| 2015 | 1,354 | 14th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 133 | 10.0 |
| 2016 | 1,106 | 10th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 146 | 6.3 |
| 2017 | 904 | 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 115 | 7.3 |
| 2018 | 717 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 120 | 6.2 |
| 2019 | 694 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 65% of median | 72 | 7.5 |
| 2020 | 1,073 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 129 | 7.0 |
| 2021 | 916 | 6th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 129 | 4.4 |
| 2022 | 768 | 4th lowest of 15 · 72% of median | 107 | 7.2 |
| 2023 | 1,360 | 15th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | 152 | 7.8 |
| 2024 | 1,172 | 12th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 140 | 8.8 |
| 2025 | 1,034 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 152 | 8.8 |
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