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TURKEY CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7100618 · 1 · LOST CANYON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:22 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 1886-07-16 — 25th most senior of the 279 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: GREAT CUT DIKE (1885-11-25). Immediately behind: TURKEY CREEK DITCH (TURK (1886-07-16).

Decreed rights (2)

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
13346.01886-07-161892-02-01 26.50.0 CIRR D-17
30667.201681905-03-211963-03-22 60.00.0 CIRRDOMOTH 62-57

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 462 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 65 AF — 14% of that, and 3rd 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 1,798 14th lowest of 15 · 389% of median — 109 22.9
2012 462 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 76 5.8
2013 287 7th lowest of 15 · 62% of median — 40 6.0
2014 939 9th lowest of 15 · 203% of median — 123 32.2
2015 1,527 13th lowest of 15 · 330% of median — 120 21.0
2016 1,063 10th lowest of 15 · 230% of median — 150 14.0
2017 1,908 15th lowest of 15 · 413% of median — 180 14.0
2018 231 6th lowest of 15 · 50% of median — 30 6.6
2019 1,447 12th lowest of 15 · 313% of median — 114 22.0
2020 166 5th lowest of 15 · 36% of median — 27 4.8
2021 13 1st lowest of 15 · 3% of median — 82 0.9
2022 15 2nd lowest of 15 · 3% of median — 365 0.2
2023 1,261 11th lowest of 15 · 273% of median — 365 19.8
2024 66 4th lowest of 15 · 14% of median — 366 2.4
2025 65 3rd lowest of 15 · 14% of median — 304 2.2

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