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GARDEN DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 1501011 · 1 · GREENHORN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:52 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 1880-05-15 — 92nd 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: MCDANIEL DITCH NO 3 (1879-11-30). Immediately behind: MERRIMAC DITCH (1880-05-16).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11093.0 | 1880-05-15 | 1893-06-26 | 0.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 135 |
| 19807.0 | 1904-03-25 | 1929-07-05 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 230 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 10 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 73 | 15th lowest of 15 · 730% of median | 201 | 0.5 |
| 1929 | 35 | 14th lowest of 15 · 350% of median | 105 | 0.3 |
| 1934 | 17 | 9th lowest of 15 · 170% of median | 68 | 1.0 |
| 2008 | 19 | 11th lowest of 15 · 190% of median | 49 | 0.2 |
| 2009 | 20 | 12th lowest of 15 · 200% of median | 127 | 0.3 |
| 2010 | 17 | 9th lowest of 15 · 170% of median | 77 | 0.1 |
| 2011 | 10 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 61 | 0.1 |
| 2014 | 9 | 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 46 | 0.1 |
| 2015 | 31 | 13th lowest of 15 · 310% of median | 167 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5th lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 48 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 7 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 41 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 4 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
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