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CROW CANYON DITCH NO 3

Structure dossier · WDID 3200534 · 1 · CROW CANYON · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:12 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (f6d7fdc) — 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 1917-02-24 — 170th most senior of the 638 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: CROW CANYON DITCH NO 1 (1917-02-24). Immediately behind: DOIEL NO 2 DITCH (1917-04-15).

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
24526.01917-02-241962-08-14 2.00.0 CIRRDOM 62-42

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 8 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.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 80 14th lowest of 15 · 1000% of median 22 167 0.4
2012 96 15th lowest of 15 · 1200% of median 40 191 0.4
2013 64 13th lowest of 15 · 800% of median 0 129 0.4
2014 36 10th lowest of 15 · 450% of median 7 151 0.3
2015 36 10th lowest of 15 · 450% of median 16 162 0.2
2016 45 12th lowest of 15 · 562% of median 23 159 0.2
2017 3 7th lowest of 15 · 38% of median 3 38 0.1
2018 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 0 12 0.0
2019 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 0 12 0.0
2020 8 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 0 44 0.2
2021 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 0 14 0.0
2022 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 0 17 0.0
2023 22 9th lowest of 15 · 275% of median 0 86 0.2
2024 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 0 16 0.0
2025 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 0 13 0.0

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