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FARMERS INDEPENDENT DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 0200824 · DITCH · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:16 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
● Junior rights called out — call at LOWER LATHAM DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1877-11-14).
● Junior rights called out — call at WESTERN MUTUAL DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1871-08-09).
● Junior rights called out — call at HARMONY DITCH 1 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1897-05-02).
● Junior rights called out — call at SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1897-06-13).
● Junior rights called out — call at LOWER PLATTE BEAVER D (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1888-04-14).
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 1865-11-20 — 136th 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: JAY THOMAS DITCH (1865-06-01). Immediately behind: MEADOW ISLAND 1 DITCH (1866-05-01).
Decreed rights (9)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5803.0 | 1865-11-20 | 1883-04-28 | 61.6 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDAUGCURRCH | |
| 9821.0 | 1876-11-20 | 1883-04-28 | 85.4 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDAUGCURRCH | |
| 49631.0 | 1985-11-19 | 1985-12-31 | 0.0 | 13500.0 | A | AUGOTHRCH | |
| 49631.0 | 1985-11-19 | 1985-12-31 | 48.7 | 41.3 | C | AUGOTHRCH | |
| 56613.56529 | 2004-10-08 | 2005-12-31 | 9.33 | 0.67 | C | AUGRCH | |
| 56977.0 | 2005-12-30 | 2005-12-31 | 0.0 | 25000.0 | A | AUGCURRCH | |
| 56977.0 | 2005-12-30 | 2005-12-31 | 0.0 | 130.0 | C | AUGCURRCH | |
| 56978.56672 | 2005-02-28 | 2006-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | AUGRCH | |
| 60980.0 | 2016-12-15 | 2016-12-31 | 0.0 | 27.0 | C | MUNAUGCURRCH |
Legal record & documents
82 decreed actions on record across
13 court cases:
16CW3195, 05CW0040, 15CW3165, 05CW0331, 95CW0077, 85CW0370, 18CW3075, 02CW0146, CA6009, CA16069 and 3 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
16CW3195 | 31 | 2016-12-31 | O, S |
05CW0040 | 6 | 2006-12-31 | O, S |
15CW3165 | 1 | 2005-12-31 | S |
05CW0331 | 20 | 2005-12-31 | S |
95CW0077 | 1 | 1985-12-31 | S |
85CW0370 | 1 | 1985-12-31 | S |
18CW3075 | 1 | 1985-12-31 | S |
02CW0146 | 1 | 1985-12-31 | S |
CA6009 | 3 | 1883-04-28 | O |
CA16069 | 1 | 1883-04-28 | O |
15CW3112 | 4 | 1883-04-28 | O |
12CW0073 | 8 | 1883-04-28 | O |
04CW0276 | 4 | 1883-04-28 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 24,398 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 23,400 AF — 96% of that, and 5th 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.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 448 | 1st lowest of 15 · 2% of median | — | 24 | 15.3 |
| 2012 | 26,950 | 13th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | — | 304 | 83.4 |
| 2013 | 24,384 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 245 | 99.3 |
| 2014 | 24,398 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 267 | 89.8 |
| 2015 | 24,337 | 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 291 | 90.2 |
| 2016 | 24,926 | 11th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | — | 278 | 137.0 |
| 2017 | 26,937 | 12th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | — | 237 | 106.0 |
| 2018 | 22,697 | 4th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | — | 253 | 88.5 |
| 2019 | 22,278 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 91% of median | — | 234 | 98.0 |
| 2020 | 24,677 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | — | 261 | 98.6 |
| 2021 | 28,464 | 15th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | — | 268 | 108.0 |
| 2022 | 24,794 | 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | — | 275 | 99.0 |
| 2023 | 22,223 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 91% of median | — | 265 | 97.3 |
| 2024 | 27,843 | 14th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | — | 366 | 99.6 |
| 2025 | 23,400 | 5th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | — | 304 | 99.9 |
Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 43.5% of a median season / 25.2% dry-year.
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 9 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 15201 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 94% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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.