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NATE CREEK NO 4 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6800676 · 1 · COW CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:51 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 1932-06-01 — 336th most senior of the 1293 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: DOMKA PIPELINE (1930-07-05). Immediately behind: WIIG PIPELINE (1932-06-01).

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
40646.301021932-06-011971-09-13 5.00.0 CIRRDOMSTK 17, 17A

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 618 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 172 AF — 28% of that, and 3rd 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)
2011 934 15th lowest of 15 · 151% of median 130 8.2
2012 51 1st lowest of 15 · 8% of median 66 0.6
2013 670 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 153 4.0
2014 732 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 167 6.4
2015 618 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 126 8.4
2016 787 12th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 144 4.9
2017 834 13th lowest of 15 · 135% of median 130 5.6
2018 476 7th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 140 4.2
2019 845 14th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 278 5.7
2020 440 5th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 223 4.2
2021 144 2nd lowest of 15 · 23% of median 88 2.5
2022 267 4th lowest of 15 · 43% of median 85 4.6
2023 636 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 103 5.2
2024 441 6th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 89 4.5
2025 172 3rd lowest of 15 · 28% of median 75 2.3

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