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GARDEN DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 2300569 · DITCH · TWELVEMILE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:09 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (0576005) — 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.

Current administration

● Fully called out — call at CANAL 3 DITCH (CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER, priority 1870-04-01).

● Fully called out — call at BIG T PLATTE R DITCH (BIG THOMPSON RIVER, priority 1865-11-18).

● Fully called out — call at B H EATON DITCH (CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER, priority 1864-06-09).

● Fully called out — call at LAST CHANCE DITCH 2 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1863-12-30).

● Fully called out — call at HILLSBOROUGH DITCH (BIG THOMPSON RIVER, priority 1861-11-10).

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 1882-03-23 — 647th most senior of the 21881 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: 2300767 (1882-03-21). Immediately behind: 2305492 (1882-03-31).

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
11770.01882-03-231889-10-18 4.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 299 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 207 AF — 69% of that, and 5th 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)
2009 209 6th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 106 2.4
2010 382 13th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 86 3.5
2011 322 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 49 4.0
2013 91 3rd lowest of 15 · 30% of median 18 3.2
2014 125 4th lowest of 15 · 42% of median 23 2.9
2015 483 14th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 80 3.3
2016 299 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 55 3.6
2017 342 12th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 67 3.0
2018 306 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 67 2.5
2019 489 15th lowest of 15 · 164% of median 93 3.0
2020 268 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 59 2.9
2021 32 1st lowest of 15 · 11% of median 45 0.8
2022 60 2nd lowest of 15 · 20% of median 27 1.8
2023 323 11th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 81 2.5
2024 207 5th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 50 3.0

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