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MINERS GULCH DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 0700623 · PIPELINE · MINERS GULCH · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:29 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (4ab2507) — 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
● Fully called out — call at SWADLEY LONGAN DITCH (RALSTON CREEK, priority 1861-04-09).
● Fully called out — call at CLEAR CR PLATTE RIVER D (CLEAR CREEK, priority 1861-11-01).
● Fully called out — call at FARMERS INDEPENDENT DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1865-11-20).
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 1903-07-17 — 183rd 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: 0704464 (1902-10-25). Immediately behind: 0700564 (1903-08-01).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19555.0 | 1903-07-17 | 1914-10-09 | 1.6 | 0.0 | C | MUNFIRDOMOTH | |
| 51864.0 | 1991-12-31 | 1991-12-31 | 2.98 | 0.12 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG | |
| 52230.0 | 1992-12-31 | 1992-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG | |
| 53600.0 | 1996-10-01 | 1996-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGWLD | |
| 59158.0 | 2011-12-20 | 2011-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN |
Legal record & documents
16 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
11CW0271, 94CW0277, 92CW0168, 10CW0136, 91CW0125, CA41340.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
11CW0271 | 3 | 2011-12-31 | S |
94CW0277 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
92CW0168 | 6 | 1992-12-31 | S |
10CW0136 | 3 | 1992-12-31 | S |
91CW0125 | 2 | 1991-12-31 | S |
CA41340 | 1 | 1914-10-09 | 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 9 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 197 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 156 AF — 79% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 9 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 19 | 1st lowest of 9 · 10% of median | 58 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | 278 | 9th lowest of 9 · 141% of median | 332 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 259 | 8th lowest of 9 · 132% of median | 316 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 200 | 6th lowest of 9 · 102% of median | 342 | 2.1 |
| 2020 | 197 | 5th lowest of 9 · 100% of median | 336 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | 180 | 4th lowest of 9 · 91% of median | 345 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 168 | 3rd lowest of 9 · 85% of median | 271 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 204 | 7th lowest of 9 · 104% of median | 354 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 156 | 2nd lowest of 9 · 79% of median | 305 | 0.9 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 9 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 | 5 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 2659 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 2016-2024 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.