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ROCKY MTN FUEL DITCH 1

Structure dossier · WDID 8000829 · DITCH · ELK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:29 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (0576005) — 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.

Current administration

● Fully called out — call at LAST CHANCE DITCH 2 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1863-12-30).

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 1938-05-07 — 2292nd most senior of the 21881 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: 0800610 (1938-05-02). Immediately behind: 0206542 (1938-05-23).

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
32268.01938-05-071953-03-24 2.50.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 185 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 185 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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)
1998 164 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 34 2.5
1999 263 12th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 55 2.5
2001 50 1st lowest of 15 · 27% of median 11 2.5
2003 69 3rd lowest of 15 · 37% of median 17 2.5
2005 64 2nd lowest of 15 · 35% of median 14 2.5
2009 213 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 45 2.5
2010 109 5th lowest of 15 · 59% of median 35 2.5
2013 198 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 41 2.5
2014 289 14th lowest of 15 · 156% of median 80 2.5
2015 415 15th lowest of 15 · 224% of median 99 2.5
2016 273 13th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 56 2.5
2017 154 6th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 32 2.5
2021 77 4th lowest of 15 · 42% of median 20 2.4
2023 205 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 41 2.6
2024 185 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 41 2.5

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