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PINE CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6200708 · 1 · PINE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 in line

Priority 1904-05-01 — 176th 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: BIG WILLOW SPRINGS D (1904-05-01). Immediately behind: BIG BLUE DITCH (1904-06-01).

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
20393.198441904-05-011913-05-08 26.610.0 CIRR 119

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,752 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 3,168 AF — 181% of that, and 14th 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 3,053 13th lowest of 15 · 174% of median 135 16.3
2011 1,137 4th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 87 8.7
2012 1,450 5th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 132 6.0
2013 1,872 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 144 10.2
2014 2,634 12th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 134 14.7
2015 345 3rd lowest of 15 · 20% of median 89 2.3
2017 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2018 1,752 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 149 10.0
2019 4,152 15th lowest of 15 · 237% of median 137 19.9
2020 2,159 11th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 136 10.2
2021 1,833 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 78 12.0
2022 341 2nd lowest of 15 · 20% of median 134 2.2
2023 1,636 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 133 11.6
2024 1,476 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 134 6.6
2025 3,168 14th lowest of 15 · 181% of median 96 16.8

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