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CUDDY DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 1200639 · 1 · HOWARD CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 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 1882-09-24 — 270th 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: ROBINSON HEADGATE (1882-06-30). Immediately behind: BLACK DITCH NO 2 (1882-11-01).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11955.0 | 1882-09-24 | 1894-02-03 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 276 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 118 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 158 AF — 134% of that, and 9th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 59 | 5th lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 37 | 1.5 |
| 2008 | 76 | 6th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 40 | 1.6 |
| 2009 | 41 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 35% of median | 26 | 1.6 |
| 2010 | 43 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 36% of median | 24 | 1.5 |
| 2015 | 94 | 7th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 52 | 1.7 |
| 2016 | 373 | 13th lowest of 15 · 316% of median | 132 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 118 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 105 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 13 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 231 | 10th lowest of 15 · 196% of median | 120 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 55 | 4th lowest of 15 · 47% of median | 35 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 355 | 12th lowest of 15 · 301% of median | 173 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 255 | 11th lowest of 15 · 216% of median | 145 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 618 | 15th lowest of 15 · 524% of median | 269 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 472 | 14th lowest of 15 · 400% of median | 193 | 1.6 |
| 2025 | 158 | 9th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 100 | 1.4 |
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