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RABBIT DITCH (SENIOR)
Structure dossier · WDID 1300754 · 1 · HORN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:28 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1871-06-01 — 40th most senior of the 1017 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: DIAMOND DITCH (1871-06-01). Immediately behind: W A BELL DITCH NO 2 (1871-06-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7822.0 | 1871-06-01 | 1896-03-12 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 21 |
| 8567.0 | 1873-06-15 | 1896-03-12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 68 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 97 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 97 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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 | 101 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 48 | 1.5 |
| 2010 | 80 | 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 44 | 1.5 |
| 2011 | 52 | 4th lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 28 | 1.5 |
| 2012 | 26 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 27% of median | 37 | 0.5 |
| 2013 | 21 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 22% of median | 23 | 0.5 |
| 2014 | 131 | 13th lowest of 15 · 135% of median | 79 | 1.5 |
| 2015 | 171 | 15th lowest of 15 · 176% of median | 64 | 2.0 |
| 2016 | 101 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 48 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 83 | 7th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 31 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 116 | 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 41 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1st lowest of 15 · 21% of median | 24 | 0.5 |
| 2021 | 112 | 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 51 | 1.3 |
| 2022 | 75 | 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 42 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 140 | 14th lowest of 15 · 144% of median | 61 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 97 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 50 | 1.5 |
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