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SMITH DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 0801405 · DITCH · EAST CHERRY 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

● 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).

● Fully called out — call at NEVADA DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1865-12-30).

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 1876-03-10 — 511th 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: 0801383 (1876-03-09). Immediately behind: 0805155 (1876-03-10).

Decreed rights (1)

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
9566.01876-03-101883-12-10 4.520.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 55 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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)
2005 18 5th lowest of 15 · 33% of median 30 0.6
2006 3 3rd lowest of 15 · 6% of median 22 0.1
2007 231 15th lowest of 15 · 420% of median 135 2.0
2008 105 14th lowest of 15 · 191% of median 50 1.5
2009 19 6th lowest of 15 · 34% of median 18 0.7
2010 17 4th lowest of 15 · 31% of median 17 1.0
2011 103 12th lowest of 15 · 187% of median 37 2.4
2012 55 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 36 2.5
2013 75 9th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 55 2.9
2014 27 7th lowest of 15 · 49% of median 31 1.2
2015 82 11th lowest of 15 · 149% of median 44 4.1
2017 103 12th lowest of 15 · 187% of median 52 2.0
2018 80 10th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 48 2.4
2022 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 61 0.0
2023 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 304 0.0

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