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DOMESTIC DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 1500598 · 1 · SOUTH MUDDY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:17 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 1877-05-16 — 89th most senior of the 704 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: 1503693 (1876-12-31). Immediately behind: BRANNAN & CRAWFORD DITCH (1878-03-31).

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
9998.01877-05-161893-06-26 0.20.0 CIRRDOM 118

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 17 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 19 AF — 112% of that, and 9th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 9 5th lowest of 15 · 53% of median 48 0.2
2012 15 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 56 0.2
2013 20 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 109 0.2
2014 26 15th lowest of 15 · 153% of median 58 0.3
2015 21 13th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 70 0.2
2016 19 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 63 0.2
2017 25 14th lowest of 15 · 147% of median 86 0.2
2018 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2019 17 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 64 0.2
2020 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2021 9 5th lowest of 15 · 53% of median 33 0.3
2022 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2023 2 4th lowest of 15 · 12% of median 13 0.2
2024 20 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 59 0.2
2025 19 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 68 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 4158 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 18% of the irrigation seasons in 1917-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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