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WHITE ELEPHANT DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7200936 · 1 · PLATEAU CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:32 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1952-12-18 — 775th 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: TOMMYS SPG STOCK POND D (1952-09-01). Immediately behind: ARTHUR ROPER NO 1 DITCH (1955-05-10).

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
40013.376071952-12-181972-04-13 1.00.0 CIRR 1009

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 219 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 168 AF — 77% 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)
2003 259 15th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 155 1.2
2004 233 11th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 113 1.2
2005 191 5th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 154 0.9
2009 234 12th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 146 0.9
2010 219 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 165 0.9
2012 108 1st lowest of 15 · 49% of median 155 0.6
2013 180 4th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 150 0.8
2014 197 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 125 1.0
2015 219 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 158 0.8
2016 221 10th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 158 0.9
2017 234 12th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 155 0.9
2018 129 2nd lowest of 15 · 59% of median 155 0.5
2019 243 14th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 161 1.0
2020 199 7th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 145 1.0
2021 168 3rd lowest of 15 · 77% of median 129 1.0

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.