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DRY CREEK DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 0300912 · 1 · CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 02:59 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — 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.
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 1861-06-10 — 33rd most senior of the 2961 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: WARREN LAKE RES (1861-06-01). Immediately behind: OVERLAND POND RESERVOIR SYSTEM (1861-06-10).
Decreed rights (16)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4179.0 | 1861-06-10 | 1882-04-11 | 11.67 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNALL | |
| 4443.0 | 1862-03-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 5372.0 | 1864-09-15 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 6649.0 | 1868-03-15 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 7599.0 | 1870-10-21 | 1882-04-11 | 14.42 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNALL | |
| 8480.0 | 1873-03-20 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 8659.0 | 1873-09-15 | 1882-04-11 | 12.13 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNALL | |
| 10318.0 | 1878-04-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 10788.0 | 1879-07-15 | 1882-04-11 | 12.7 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNALL | |
| 11438.0 | 1881-04-25 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 23646.0 | 1914-09-28 | 1945-12-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL | |
| 26409.23646 | 1914-09-28 | 1945-12-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 50038.0 | 1986-12-31 | 1986-12-31 | 0.0 | 50.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 55152.0 | 2000-12-31 | 2000-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD | |
| 56224.0 | 2003-12-08 | 2003-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 59161.0 | 2011-12-23 | 2011-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN |
Legal record & documents
65 decreed actions on record across
11 court cases:
11CW0265, 03CW0422, 03CW0421, 00CW0251, 86CW0403, 86CW0402, 86CW0401, 07CW0190, CA0320, 87CW0332 and 1 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
11CW0265 | 10 | 2011-12-31 | S |
03CW0422 | 13 | 2003-12-31 | O, S |
03CW0421 | 10 | 2003-12-31 | O, S |
00CW0251 | 1 | 2000-12-31 | S |
86CW0403 | 1 | 1986-12-31 | S |
86CW0402 | 1 | 1986-12-31 | S |
86CW0401 | 1 | 1986-12-31 | S |
07CW0190 | 8 | 1945-12-18 | O, S |
CA0320 | 4 | 1882-04-11 | O |
87CW0332 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | O |
08CW0277 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | 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 4,716 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 5,013 AF — 106% of that, and 9th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,251 | 12th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 164 | 46.0 |
| 2011 | 6,563 | 13th lowest of 15 · 139% of median | 187 | 34.0 |
| 2012 | 7,398 | 14th lowest of 15 · 157% of median | 202 | 48.0 |
| 2013 | 4,345 | 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 138 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 9,309 | 15th lowest of 15 · 197% of median | 180 | 46.2 |
| 2015 | 3,703 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 135 | 24.0 |
| 2016 | 4,716 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 183 | 30.9 |
| 2017 | 3,639 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 181 | 21.2 |
| 2018 | 4,342 | 5th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 170 | 28.2 |
| 2019 | 3,260 | 1st lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 146 | 24.4 |
| 2020 | 5,351 | 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 188 | 32.0 |
| 2021 | 4,431 | 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 166 | 22.9 |
| 2022 | 6,248 | 11th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 199 | 30.7 |
| 2023 | 4,193 | 4th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 165 | 27.5 |
| 2024 | 5,013 | 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 198 | 23.2 |
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 | 16 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 12084 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 75% of the irrigation seasons in 1949-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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