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GOVERNMENT DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 2800568 · 1 · LOS PINOS 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 (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 1874-12-22 — 30th 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: HELLMUTH D NOS 1&2 (1887-12-31). Immediately behind: POLE ROAD DITCH (1874-12-22).

Decreed rights (8)

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
16192.091221874-12-221904-04-29 1.10.0 CIRR 25
16192.09711876-08-011904-04-29 5.30.0 CIRR 29
16192.11841882-06-011904-04-29 1.10.0 CIRR 62
16192.141771888-10-241904-04-29 1.70.0 CIRR 102
28311.091221874-12-221943-04-19 4.40.0 CIRR 195
28311.09711876-08-011943-04-19 21.20.0 CIRR 198
28311.11841882-06-011943-04-19 4.40.0 CIRR 227
28311.141771888-10-241943-04-19 6.80.0 CIRR 258

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 62 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 58 AF — 94% of that, and 6th 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 162 14th lowest of 15 · 261% of median 106 1.6
2012 157 13th lowest of 15 · 253% of median 77 1.5
2013 208 15th lowest of 15 · 336% of median 92 1.5
2014 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 4 0.0
2015 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 3 0.0
2016 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2017 58 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 34 1.0
2018 33 4th lowest of 15 · 53% of median 83 0.2
2019 128 11th lowest of 15 · 206% of median 140 0.8
2020 62 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 83 0.8
2021 50 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 113 0.2
2022 98 10th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 173 0.3
2023 141 12th lowest of 15 · 227% of median 132 1.0
2024 62 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 93 0.5
2025 58 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 91 0.5

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.