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CANAL 3 DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 0300934 · 1 · CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:55 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 1870-04-01 — 85th 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: NOAH PHILO BRISTOL D (1870-03-01). Immediately behind: DELTA PARK WELL (1870-04-01).
Decreed rights (14)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7396.0 | 1870-04-01 | 1882-04-11 | 25.3 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG | |
| 7396.0 | 1870-04-01 | 1882-04-11 | 51.8752 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG | |
| 7944.0 | 1871-10-01 | 1882-04-11 | 25.3 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG | |
| 7944.0 | 1871-10-01 | 1882-04-11 | 40.902 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG | |
| 8232.0 | 1872-07-15 | 1882-04-11 | 62.9808 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG | |
| 8536.0 | 1873-05-15 | 1882-04-11 | 25.3 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG | |
| 8536.0 | 1873-05-15 | 1882-04-11 | 16.6299 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG | |
| 53325.52903 | 1994-11-04 | 1996-12-31 | 2.5 | 7.5 | C | FISFIRAUGRCHWLD | |
| 54421.0 | 1998-12-31 | 1998-12-31 | 0.0 | 25.0 | C | COMINDFIRAUG | |
| 54421.54245 | 1998-07-08 | 1999-12-31 | 7.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRR | |
| 54769.0 | 1999-12-14 | 1999-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 54785.0 | 1999-12-30 | 1999-12-31 | 0.0 | 25.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 56977.0 | 2005-12-30 | 2005-12-31 | 0.0 | 7500.0 | A | AUGCURRCH | |
| 56977.0 | 2005-12-30 | 2005-12-31 | 0.0 | 40.0 | C | AUGCURRCH |
Legal record & documents
181 decreed actions on record across
24 court cases:
05CW0331, 99CW0234, 99CW0231, 16CW3047, 98CW0476, 96CW0658, W2024, CA0320, 99CW0232, 97CW0078 and 14 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
05CW0331 | 8 | 2005-12-31 | S |
99CW0234 | 12 | 1999-12-31 | S |
99CW0231 | 1 | 1999-12-31 | S |
16CW3047 | 1 | 1999-12-31 | S |
98CW0476 | 1 | 1998-12-31 | S |
96CW0658 | 10 | 1996-12-31 | O, S |
W2024 | 4 | 1882-04-11 | O |
CA0320 | 4 | 1882-04-11 | O |
99CW0232 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | O |
97CW0078 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | O |
92CW0097 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | O |
16CW3008 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | O |
15CW3163 | 12 | 1882-04-11 | O |
12CW0163 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | O |
12CW0096 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | O |
11CW0020 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | O |
10CW0173 | 12 | 1882-04-11 | O |
08CW0292 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | O |
07CW0096 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | O |
06CW0040 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | O |
05CW0054 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | O |
05CW0047 | 8 | 1882-04-11 | O |
03CW0348 | 12 | 1882-04-11 | O |
01CW0246 | 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 20,085 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 19,083 AF — 95% of that, and 7th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 22,344 | 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | — | 203 | 132.2 |
| 2011 | 23,564 | 11th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | — | 199 | 129.5 |
| 2012 | 27,859 | 13th lowest of 15 · 139% of median | — | 218 | 91.3 |
| 2013 | 20,897 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | — | 201 | 182.0 |
| 2014 | 31,089 | 14th lowest of 15 · 155% of median | — | 201 | 147.4 |
| 2015 | 34,259 | 15th lowest of 15 · 171% of median | — | 201 | 231.5 |
| 2016 | 7,885 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 39% of median | — | 208 | 42.7 |
| 2017 | 8,357 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 42% of median | — | 199 | 39.4 |
| 2018 | 23,895 | 12th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | — | 203 | 79.7 |
| 2019 | 7,811 | 1st lowest of 15 · 39% of median | — | 203 | 38.1 |
| 2020 | 17,758 | 5th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | — | 203 | 56.4 |
| 2021 | 18,910 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | — | 204 | 66.8 |
| 2022 | 20,085 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 204 | 68.3 |
| 2023 | 17,071 | 4th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | — | 202 | 62.5 |
| 2024 | 19,083 | 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | — | 201 | 63.4 |
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 | 14 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 13981 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 88% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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