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CAMERON DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 1100584 · 1 · NORTH FORK SOUTH ARKANSA · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:49 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 in line
Priority 1868-01-10 — 59th most senior of the 1489 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: GILLILAND DITCH NO 2 (1867-12-31). Immediately behind: SMITH DITCH NO 2(BROWN) (1868-04-30).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6584.0 | 1868-01-10 | 1890-06-19 | 9.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 23 |
| 23205.14781 | 1890-06-20 | 1913-07-15 | 8.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 3,379 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 3,374 AF — 100% of that, and 7th lowest of the 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3,049 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 181 | 17.0 |
| 2009 | 3,969 | 15th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 224 | 9.0 |
| 2010 | 3,296 | 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 189 | 17.0 |
| 2011 | 3,260 | 5th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 209 | 9.0 |
| 2012 | 3,654 | 14th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 217 | 9.0 |
| 2013 | 3,547 | 11th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 211 | 10.6 |
| 2014 | 3,505 | 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 208 | 15.8 |
| 2015 | 3,628 | 13th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 208 | 12.7 |
| 2016 | 3,590 | 12th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 204 | 15.8 |
| 2017 | 3,413 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 197 | 17.0 |
| 2018 | 3,242 | 4th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 197 | 10.0 |
| 2019 | 3,379 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 205 | 16.0 |
| 2020 | 3,103 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 204 | 9.0 |
| 2021 | 2,796 | 1st lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 174 | 13.2 |
| 2023 | 3,374 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 212 | 12.7 |
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