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KITTRIDGE DITCH NO 1
Structure dossier · WDID 1200521 · 1 · FOURMILE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 1873-06-15 — 161st most senior of the 1967 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: OAKMOTT DITCH (1873-05-31). Immediately behind: HILL DITCH (1873-08-31).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8567.0 | 1873-06-15 | 1894-02-03 | 2.3333 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 125 |
| 10013.0 | 1877-05-31 | 1894-02-03 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 187 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 217 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 352 | 10th lowest of 15 · 162% of median | 80 | 3.1 |
| 2010 | 1,003 | 15th lowest of 15 · 462% of median | 129 | 4.3 |
| 2013 | 164 | 7th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 54 | 3.0 |
| 2014 | 441 | 12th lowest of 15 · 203% of median | 86 | 4.3 |
| 2015 | 217 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 74 | 4.0 |
| 2016 | 398 | 11th lowest of 15 · 183% of median | 92 | 4.3 |
| 2017 | 470 | 13th lowest of 15 · 217% of median | 85 | 4.6 |
| 2018 | 14 | 5th lowest of 15 · 6% of median | 13 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 19 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 41 | 6th lowest of 15 · 19% of median | 14 | 2.0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 5 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 251 | 9th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 69 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 962 | 14th lowest of 15 · 443% of median | 206 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
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