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REA DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3001188 · 1 · SALT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1950-06-30 — 899th most senior of the 2277 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: THIERRY DITCH AP (1938-06-25). Immediately behind: SEIBERT SPRING AND PL (1970-03-01).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
45290.367051950-06-301974-12-31 2.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 24 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 14 AF — 58% 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)
2011 95 15th lowest of 15 · 396% of median 136 0.6
2012 65 11th lowest of 15 · 271% of median 86 0.5
2013 75 13th lowest of 15 · 312% of median 121 0.6
2014 16 6th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 51 0.2
2015 81 14th lowest of 15 · 338% of median 108 0.5
2016 58 10th lowest of 15 · 242% of median 106 0.5
2017 71 12th lowest of 15 · 296% of median 146 0.3
2018 20 7th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 64 0.2
2019 42 9th lowest of 15 · 175% of median 83 0.3
2020 12 4th lowest of 15 · 50% of median 51 0.3
2021 24 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 74 0.3
2022 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 23 0.0
2023 10 3rd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 49 0.2
2024 3 2nd lowest of 15 · 12% of median 21 0.2
2025 14 5th lowest of 15 · 58% of median 29 0.5

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