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OWENS CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7204721 · 1 · OWENS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 in line

Priority 1907-06-07 — 229th 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: NEW ERIE CANAL (1906-06-01). Immediately behind: CO-OPERATIVE DITCH (1907-10-21).

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
22995.209761907-06-071916-06-01 9.00.0 CIRR
23177.01913-06-161916-06-01 9.90.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 662 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 721 AF — 109% of that, and 9th lowest of the 13 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)
2009 — no recorded volume 914 0 —
2010 — no recorded volume 1,139 0 —
2012 0 1st lowest of 13 · 0% of median — 2 0.2
2013 462 5th lowest of 13 · 70% of median — 85 16.0
2014 662 7th lowest of 13 · 100% of median — 41 20.3
2015 1,693 13th lowest of 13 · 256% of median — 130 19.1
2016 224 3rd lowest of 13 · 34% of median — 22 13.8
2017 1,124 12th lowest of 13 · 170% of median — 74 16.2
2018 707 8th lowest of 13 · 107% of median — 56 15.2
2019 90 2nd lowest of 13 · 14% of median — 28 4.2
2020 921 11th lowest of 13 · 139% of median — 72 16.8
2021 561 6th lowest of 13 · 85% of median — 111 12.2
2022 836 10th lowest of 13 · 126% of median — 365 14.8
2023 229 4th lowest of 13 · 35% of median — 365 11.1
2024 721 9th lowest of 13 · 109% of median — 305 33.1

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