Seniority, absolute versus conditional water, and decreed uses for all 1,035 water rights on record in Clear Creek County, taken from the state's own records. Priority dates run from 1860-02-25 to 2023-01-24.
CFS on record: 1,100.6 absolute · 336.4 conditional. Flow (CFS) and volume (AF) are never added together.
Worth knowing: 78 rights in Clear Creek County carry a conditional portion, water that is decreed but not yet perfected. Absolute and conditional are not the same asset.
In a dry year the oldest rights are served first. This is how Clear Creek County's rights are distributed.
| Era | Rights | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-1900 | 185 | 17.9% | |
| 1900-1949 | 182 | 17.6% | |
| 1950-1969 | 172 | 16.6% | |
| 1970-1999 | 382 | 36.9% | |
| 2000+ | 114 | 11.0% |
| Decreed use | Rights |
|---|---|
| Domestic | 504 |
| Irrigation | 254 |
| Household use only | 232 |
| Stock | 183 |
| Municipal | 181 |
| Augmentation | 165 |
Ranked by the state's own priority administration number, the figure DWR uses to order rights by seniority.
| Priority | Structure | Source | Amount | Uses | Verify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860-02-25 | CLEAR CREEK | CLEAR CREEK | 0.7208 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Recreation, Fishery, Domestic, Augmentation, Wildlife | state record |
| 1860-05-01 | MINERS DITCH PIPELINE | CLEAR CREEK | 64.0 CFS | Municipal, Industrial, Domestic, Other | state record |
| 1861-02-25 | LINDSTROM NO 1 DITCH | MAD CREEK | 1.2 CFS | Domestic, Other | state record |
| 1861-05-14 | CLEAR CREEK | CLEAR CREEK | 3.8777 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Recreation, Fishery, Domestic, Augmentation, Wildlife | state record |
| 1861-06-29 | CLEAR CREEK | CLEAR CREEK | 0.259 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Recreation, Fishery, Domestic, Augmentation, Wildlife | state record |
| 1861-06-30 | CLEAR CREEK | CLEAR CREEK | 0.9648 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Recreation, Fishery, Domestic, Augmentation, Wildlife | state record |
| 1861-12-01 | KING-MURPHY RES | WITTER GULCH | 0.0099 CFS | Augmentation | state record |
| 1862-06-01 | CLEAR CREEK | CLEAR CREEK | 4.5208 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Recreation, Fishery, Fire, Domestic, Augmentation, Wildlife | state record |
| 1862-06-14 | CLEAR CREEK | CLEAR CREEK | 2.7526 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Recreation, Fishery, Domestic, Augmentation, Wildlife | state record |
| 1862-07-04 | CLEAR CREEK | CLEAR CREEK | 0.5586 CFS | Irrigation, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Recreation, Fishery, Domestic, Augmentation, Wildlife | state record |
This page is the summary. The full file for Clear Creek County covers every one of the 1,035 rights, with its priority date, seniority number, absolute and conditional amounts, decreed uses and a link to each official record, as a spreadsheet.
Buying, lending on, or listing irrigated ground here? Ask for the county file, or for a single property's water summary. The first one is on me.
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Records last updated 10 September 2026.