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VELOTTA DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 1100610 · 1 · PASS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:28 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

Location as DWR records it. Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.

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 1871-11-30 — 73rd 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: HENSIE DITCH NO 2 (1871-11-30). Immediately behind: DELAPPE DITCH (1871-12-31).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
8004.01871-11-301890-06-19 0.00.0 CIRR 33
8766.01873-12-311890-06-19 0.00.0 CIRR 50

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 182 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2014, came in at 464 AF — 255% of that, and 13th lowest of the 14 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)
1998 350 12th lowest of 14 · 192% of median — 167 1.6
1999 — no recorded volume 125 0 —
2000 728 14th lowest of 14 · 400% of median — 169 3.2
2001 207 8th lowest of 14 · 114% of median — 91 1.6
2002 90 5th lowest of 14 · 50% of median — 96 0.6
2003 280 11th lowest of 14 · 154% of median — 179 1.0
2004 210 9th lowest of 14 · 115% of median — 102 1.4
2006 157 7th lowest of 14 · 86% of median — 103 1.0
2007 59 4th lowest of 14 · 32% of median — 77 0.4
2008 48 3rd lowest of 14 · 26% of median — 25 1.5
2009 34 2nd lowest of 14 · 19% of median — 47 0.7
2010 103 6th lowest of 14 · 57% of median — 242 1.2
2011 236 10th lowest of 14 · 130% of median — 304 3.6
2013 0 1st lowest of 14 · 0% of median — 4 0.0
2014 464 13th lowest of 14 · 255% of median — 186 1.6

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.