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ROCKY FORD DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 1700558 · 1 · ARKANSAS RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:27 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 1874-05-15 — 4th most senior of the 1909 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: 1700541 (1867-09-21). Immediately behind: CATLIN CANAL (1875-04-10).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8901.0 | 1874-05-15 | 1905-04-08 | 111.76 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNINDRECFISDOMAUGALL | 1 |
| 14736.0 | 1890-05-06 | 1905-04-08 | 4.43 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 14 |
| 56978.56395 | 2004-05-27 | 2006-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 14,421 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 15,668 AF — 109% of that, and 13th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21,275 | 14th lowest of 15 · 148% of median | 257 | 57.3 |
| 2012 | 10,133 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 254 | 52.1 |
| 2013 | 24,241 | 15th lowest of 15 · 168% of median | 262 | 100.0 |
| 2014 | 14,669 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 261 | 40.0 |
| 2015 | 3,090 | 1st lowest of 15 · 21% of median | 264 | 6.3 |
| 2016 | 14,064 | 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 303 | 33.6 |
| 2017 | 13,812 | 4th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 306 | 33.0 |
| 2018 | 14,255 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 365 | 34.3 |
| 2019 | 13,881 | 5th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 319 | 33.7 |
| 2020 | 15,363 | 11th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 334 | 38.4 |
| 2021 | 15,076 | 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 365 | 62.8 |
| 2022 | 14,421 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 365 | 62.1 |
| 2023 | 13,018 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 365 | 65.3 |
| 2024 | 15,625 | 12th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 366 | 70.2 |
| 2025 | 15,668 | 13th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 304 | 77.8 |
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