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HOUSTON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 0801246 · DITCH · JACKSON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:07 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (0576005) — 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 LITTLETON BOAT CHUTE NO 10 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1994-12-02).

● Fully called out — call at CANAL 3 DITCH (CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER, priority 1870-04-01).

● Fully called out — call at BIG T PLATTE R DITCH (BIG THOMPSON RIVER, priority 1865-11-18).

● Fully called out — call at B H EATON DITCH (CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER, priority 1864-06-09).

● Fully called out — call at LAST CHANCE DITCH 2 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1863-12-30).

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 1871-12-30 — 382nd most senior of the 21881 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: 0801167 (1871-12-30). Immediately behind: 2300929 (1871-12-31).

Decreed rights (3)

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
8034.01871-12-301883-12-10 2.00.0 CIRRAUG
53691.535361996-07-291997-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRRECFISAUGWLD
60630.02015-12-312015-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRRECAUGRCH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 85 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 36 AF — 42% of that, and 5th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
1997 611 15th lowest of 15 · 719% of median 123 3.0
1998 571 14th lowest of 15 · 672% of median 73 4.0
2007 32 3rd lowest of 15 · 38% of median 40 1.0
2008 27 2nd lowest of 15 · 32% of median 38 0.5
2009 47 6th lowest of 15 · 55% of median 54 2.0
2014 21 1st lowest of 15 · 25% of median 26 3.0
2015 71 7th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 100 1.0
2016 143 9th lowest of 15 · 168% of median 106 1.4
2017 177 10th lowest of 15 · 208% of median 65 2.1
2018 85 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 44 1.4
2019 246 12th lowest of 15 · 289% of median 114 1.6
2020 180 11th lowest of 15 · 212% of median 78 2.1
2021 292 13th lowest of 15 · 344% of median 110 2.8
2022 33 4th lowest of 15 · 39% of median 131 1.0
2023 36 5th lowest of 15 · 42% of median 304 0.8

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