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NIWOT DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 0500554 · 1 · SAINT VRAIN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:13 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 1862-04-15 — 35th most senior of the 1289 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: DENIO TAYLOR DITCH (1862-04-15). Immediately behind: DICKENS PRIVATE DITCH (1862-04-15).
Decreed rights (17)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4488.0 | 1862-04-15 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 4518.0 | 1862-05-15 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 4657.0 | 1862-10-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 4853.0 | 1863-04-15 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 4883.0 | 1863-05-15 | 1882-06-02 | 1.95 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 5631.0 | 1865-06-01 | 1882-06-02 | 29.24 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 5996.0 | 1866-06-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUN | |
| 6339.0 | 1867-05-10 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 6339.0 | 1867-05-10 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN | |
| 6756.0 | 1868-06-30 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 7012.0 | 1869-03-13 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUN | |
| 7092.0 | 1869-06-01 | 1882-06-02 | 6.72 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 7640.0 | 1870-12-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUN | |
| 8034.0 | 1871-12-30 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 8464.0 | 1873-03-04 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUN | |
| 9953.0 | 1877-04-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 14549.0 | 1889-10-31 | 1902-10-21 | 15.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,003 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,037 AF — 103% of that, and 10th 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 | 999 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 624 | 105 | 8.9 |
| 2011 | 1,538 | 13th lowest of 15 · 153% of median | — | 174 | 7.5 |
| 2012 | 1,329 | 12th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | — | 225 | 7.1 |
| 2013 | 703 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 70% of median | — | 113 | 5.7 |
| 2014 | 721 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 72% of median | — | 136 | 5.4 |
| 2015 | 1,003 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 132 | 6.2 |
| 2016 | 754 | 4th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | — | 128 | 7.2 |
| 2017 | 582 | 1st lowest of 15 · 58% of median | — | 106 | 6.6 |
| 2018 | 892 | 6th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | — | 142 | 5.4 |
| 2019 | 803 | 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | — | 164 | 4.7 |
| 2020 | 1,296 | 11th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | — | 174 | 9.0 |
| 2021 | 1,627 | 14th lowest of 15 · 162% of median | — | 189 | 8.7 |
| 2022 | 1,775 | 15th lowest of 15 · 177% of median | — | 188 | 9.6 |
| 2023 | 1,003 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 178 | 8.9 |
| 2024 | 1,037 | 10th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | — | 163 | 5.8 |
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