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KERSHAW DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 0700597 · DITCH · CLEAR CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:14 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (5cd37f7) — 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 SWADLEY LONGAN DITCH (RALSTON CREEK, priority 1861-04-09).

● Junior rights called out — call at CLEAR CR PLATTE RIVER D (CLEAR CREEK, priority 1861-11-01).

● Junior rights called out — call at LOWER LATHAM DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1885-11-20).

Which of its rights are out of priority?

Not computable for this structure: no gage record for this year at this date, so there is nothing to find analogs for.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1860-02-25 — 8th most senior of the 1815 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: GOLDEN CITY WATER WORKS PIPELINE (1860-02-25). Immediately behind: LINDSTROM NO 2 DITCH (1860-02-25).

On MAINSTEM at river mile 59.0, it is 96th of 107 down the reach. Immediately upstream: WADSWORTH GRAVES DITCH. Immediately downstream: KERSHAW DITCH BYPASS.

Position on the modelled network, not a claim about whose water this is — a stream carries water from many rights at once, and diverted water returns to it.

Decreed rights (48)

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
3708.01860-02-251884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
3789.01860-05-161884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
3804.01860-05-311884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
3805.01860-06-011884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
3835.01860-07-011884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
3896.01860-08-311884-10-04 0.00.0 CSTOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
4118.01861-04-101884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
4140.01861-05-021884-10-04 222.00.0 ASTOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG
4140.01861-05-021884-10-04 11.440.0 CSTOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG
4535.01862-06-011884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
4548.01862-06-141884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
4554.01862-06-201884-10-04 0.00.0 CSTOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
4568.01862-07-041884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
4896.01863-05-281884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
4919.01863-06-201884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
5279.01864-06-141884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
5285.01864-06-201884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
5295.01864-06-301884-10-04 0.00.0 CSTOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
5538.01865-02-281884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
5592.01865-04-231884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
5605.01865-05-061884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
5614.01865-05-151884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
5615.01865-05-161884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
5785.01865-11-021884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
6884.01868-11-051884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
7449.01870-05-241884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
8127.01872-04-011884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
8176.01872-05-201882-06-02 0.00.0 CSTOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
10184.01877-11-181884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
10546.01878-11-151884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
11647.01881-11-201884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
11841.071841869-09-011900-12-19 0.00.0 CSTOMUNALL
13240.01886-04-011895-10-09 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
15895.071841869-09-011918-08-02 0.00.0 CSTOMUNALL
16549.01895-04-231895-10-09 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
16718.081271872-04-011936-05-13 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
16718.101841877-11-181936-05-13 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
16718.15681892-12-051936-05-13 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
19055.01902-03-041936-05-13 0.00.0 CSTOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
20281.01905-07-121936-05-13 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLDALL
20890.190551902-03-041926-06-21 0.00.0 CSTOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
50403.495461985-08-261988-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRDOM
50467.01988-03-041988-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
52586.01993-12-221993-12-31 0.00.0 CSTOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOMAUGWLD
54776.01999-12-211999-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNALL
55149.02000-12-282000-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNALL
59899.02013-12-302013-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
60996.02016-12-312016-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 918 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 648 AF — 71% of that, and 1st 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.

YearDiverted (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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 1,284 14th lowest of 15 · 140% of median — 201 11.0
2012 1,231 12th lowest of 15 · 134% of median — 210 11.6
2013 1,331 15th lowest of 15 · 145% of median — 242 10.6
2014 1,198 11th lowest of 15 · 130% of median — 212 12.0
2015 1,177 10th lowest of 15 · 128% of median — 207 11.6
2016 1,268 13th lowest of 15 · 138% of median — 241 11.3
2017 918 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 228 3.2
2018 1,032 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median — 213 6.2
2019 818 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median — 210 2.8
2020 774 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median — 214 2.6
2021 717 3rd lowest of 15 · 78% of median — 214 2.6
2022 812 6th lowest of 15 · 88% of median — 216 2.7
2023 698 2nd lowest of 15 · 76% of median — 215 2.7
2024 807 5th lowest of 15 · 88% of median — 244 2.7
2025 648 1st lowest of 15 · 71% of median — 214 2.3

How good is our record of it?

Grade A (10/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 48 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record current 14861 measured days, newest 282 day(s) before the data's end (DWR publishes ~1 year in arrears)
record continuity continuous 92% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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