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CAUFMAN DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 2800521 · 1 · QUARTZ CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 1896-05-01 — 468th most senior of the 1505 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: GULCH NO 1 NO 2 DITCHES (1895-12-31). Immediately behind: CURTIS DITCH NO 2 (1901-06-01).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24074.16923 | 1896-05-01 | 1918-09-03 | 4.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 155 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 73 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 220 | 10th lowest of 15 · 301% of median | 92 | 2.1 |
| 2009 | 263 | 13th lowest of 15 · 360% of median | 99 | 2.0 |
| 2010 | 95 | 9th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 102 | 1.0 |
| 2011 | 73 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 97 | 0.8 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 10 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 73 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 52 | 1.0 |
| 2014 | 516 | 15th lowest of 15 · 707% of median | 73 | 8.2 |
| 2015 | 227 | 11th lowest of 15 · 311% of median | 46 | 4.0 |
| 2016 | 462 | 14th lowest of 15 · 633% of median | 45 | 5.8 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 9 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 238 | 12th lowest of 15 · 326% of median | 59 | 2.2 |
| 2021 | 68 | 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 100 | 0.3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 72 | 6th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 78 | 0.5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
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