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SHORT DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3200664 · 1 · ALKALI CANYON · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:10 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 1934-04-10 — 197th 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: HETHERINGTON DITCH (1933-04-01). Immediately behind: GODFREY DITCH (1934-07-01).

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
30780.01934-04-101962-08-14 1.00.0 CIRRDOM 62-67

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 50 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 15 AF — 30% of that, and 4th 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 93 13th lowest of 15 · 186% of median 152 1.0
2012 99 14th lowest of 15 · 198% of median 179 1.0
2013 49 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 115 0.3
2014 52 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 151 0.6
2015 54 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 162 0.2
2016 50 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 159 0.2
2017 67 12th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 155 0.3
2018 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 12 0.0
2019 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 12 0.0
2020 47 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 123 0.2
2021 5 3rd lowest of 15 · 10% of median 25 0.2
2022 30 5th lowest of 15 · 60% of median 118 0.2
2023 100 15th lowest of 15 · 200% of median 134 0.8
2024 64 11th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 153 0.2
2025 15 4th lowest of 15 · 30% of median 63 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 2996 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 26% of the irrigation seasons in 1971-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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