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KNIGHT-EMBLING DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6900512 · 1 · DISAPPOINTMENT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:12 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (f6d7fdc) — 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 1885-05-30 — 4th most senior of the 55 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: PINE ARROYA DITCH (1883-06-21). Immediately behind: DAWSON-HAMMOND DITCH (1885-06-30).

Decreed rights (6)

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
15372.129341885-05-301911-03-28 0.140.0 CIRR
15797.01893-04-011911-03-28 1.90.0 CIRR
18732.01901-04-151911-03-28 2.20.0 CIRR
22366.205741906-05-011937-03-08 1.250.0 CIRR
30041.01932-04-011937-03-08 0.50.0 CIRR
31361.01935-11-121937-03-08 1.3750.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 269 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 193 AF — 72% of that, and 5th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 127 3rd lowest of 15 · 47% of median — 98 3.0
2012 41 1st lowest of 15 · 15% of median — 85 0.7
2013 126 2nd lowest of 15 · 47% of median — 82 0.8
2014 269 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 118 1.5
2015 308 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 139 89 2.5
2016 350 11th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 99 149 3.0
2017 581 15th lowest of 15 · 216% of median 305 115 6.0
2018 453 14th lowest of 15 · 168% of median 281 88 5.5
2019 218 6th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 22 151 1.1
2020 269 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 87 151 3.0
2021 381 13th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 162 105 3.5
2022 142 4th lowest of 15 · 53% of median 0 165 0.7
2023 376 12th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 0 157 2.2
2024 234 7th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 0 139 2.0
2025 193 5th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 0 68 1.7

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