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KENNEDY WASTE DITCH NO 3

Structure dossier · WDID 3001349 · 1 · SALT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:16 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

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 1978-04-30 — 1060th 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: KENNEDY WASTE DITCH NO 2 (1978-04-30). Immediately behind: KENNEDY WASTE DITCH NO 4 (1978-04-30).

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
47481.468711978-04-301980-12-31 1.50.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 85 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 85 AF — 100% 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 118 12th lowest of 15 · 139% of median 148 0.5
2012 104 10th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 131 0.5
2013 85 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 141 0.4
2014 291 15th lowest of 15 · 342% of median 150 1.5
2015 146 14th lowest of 15 · 172% of median 126 1.0
2016 73 4th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 125 0.5
2017 60 3rd lowest of 15 · 71% of median 127 0.2
2018 22 1st lowest of 15 · 26% of median 89 0.3
2019 77 5th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 116 0.5
2020 48 2nd lowest of 15 · 56% of median 120 0.2
2021 94 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 87 1.0
2022 85 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 118 1.0
2023 123 13th lowest of 15 · 145% of median 117 0.8
2024 104 10th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 117 0.8
2025 85 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 128 0.3

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