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LITTLE CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7200751 · 1 · LITTLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:07 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1889-04-01 — 181st most senior of the 2166 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: PISEL DITCH (1905-02-07). Immediately behind: UNDERHILL ATKINSON DITCH (1885-06-01).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
22848.143361889-04-011912-12-16 1.00.0 CIRR
30895.143361889-04-011941-07-25 0.40.0 CDOM
30895.25691920-05-031941-07-25 3.380.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 224 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 318 AF — 142% of that, and 14th 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)
2010 334 15th lowest of 15 · 149% of median — 304 0.9
2011 281 12th lowest of 15 · 125% of median — 243 1.5
2012 235 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median — 290 0.7
2013 118 3rd lowest of 15 · 53% of median — 188 0.9
2014 224 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 179 1.4
2015 243 11th lowest of 15 · 108% of median — 222 1.0
2016 204 7th lowest of 15 · 91% of median — 301 0.8
2017 231 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median — 275 1.7
2018 152 4th lowest of 15 · 68% of median — 181 1.7
2019 316 13th lowest of 15 · 141% of median — 221 1.8
2020 153 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median — 139 1.6
2021 78 2nd lowest of 15 · 35% of median — 36 1.4
2022 42 1st lowest of 15 · 19% of median — 24 1.0
2023 179 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median — 52 2.1
2024 318 14th lowest of 15 · 142% of median — 121 3.0

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