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SMITH FORD NO 2 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 2800686 · 1 · COCHETOPA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:19 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 1880-05-31 — 59th 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: ADAMS NO 1 DITCH (1880-05-31). Immediately behind: CAIN BORSUM DITCH (1880-06-01).

Decreed rights (9)

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
16192.111091880-05-311904-04-29 5.80.0 CIRR 48
16192.114751881-06-011904-04-29 1.00.0 CIRR 54
16192.13271886-05-011904-04-29 1.00.0 CIRR 84
16192.136661887-06-011904-04-29 4.70.0 CIRR 94
16192.154621892-05-011904-04-29 1.00.0 CIRR 111
16192.154681892-05-071904-04-29 0.40.0 CIRR 112
17698.01898-06-151904-04-29 3.20.0 CIRR 123
38822.111091880-05-311961-12-15 11.40.0 CIRR 372
38822.330241940-06-011961-12-15 37.60.0 CIRR 392

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,213 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 2,213 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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 2,049 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 73 38.4
2012 1,964 6th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 110 12.8
2013 1,524 2nd lowest of 15 · 69% of median 93 11.3
2014 2,788 11th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 62 31.2
2015 3,365 13th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 70 34.4
2016 3,021 12th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 67 47.3
2017 2,442 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 68 31.2
2018 858 1st lowest of 15 · 39% of median 170 6.3
2019 6,090 15th lowest of 15 · 275% of median 114 44.2
2020 1,647 3rd lowest of 15 · 74% of median 83 21.7
2021 5,168 14th lowest of 15 · 234% of median 114 30.6
2022 2,625 10th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 87 22.6
2023 1,754 4th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 121 23.1
2024 1,858 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 96 12.8
2025 2,213 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 91 23.6

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