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VEAL DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 1200582 · 1 · STOUT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:29 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 1880-06-01 — 252nd 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: LITTLE COTTONWOOD DITCH (1880-05-14). Immediately behind: HARRY DITCH (1880-08-01).

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
11110.01880-06-011894-02-03 1.00.0 CIRR 234

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 43 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 15 AF — 35% of that, and 4th lowest of the 15 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)
2004 64 12th lowest of 15 · 149% of median — 77 0.6
2005 29 5th lowest of 15 · 67% of median — 30 0.7
2006 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median — 5 0.0
2007 59 10th lowest of 15 · 137% of median — 53 1.2
2008 104 13th lowest of 15 · 242% of median — 83 1.0
2009 42 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median — 47 0.7
2017 60 11th lowest of 15 · 140% of median — 62 1.1
2018 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median — 9 0.0
2019 31 6th lowest of 15 · 72% of median — 26 1.0
2020 14 3rd lowest of 15 · 33% of median — 14 0.9
2021 248 15th lowest of 15 · 577% of median — 127 1.0
2022 43 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 56 0.5
2023 54 9th lowest of 15 · 126% of median — 56 0.8
2024 108 14th lowest of 15 · 251% of median — 77 1.0
2025 15 4th lowest of 15 · 35% of median — 39 0.5

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