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TED WILLDEN DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3400572 · 1 · PERKINS DRAW · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 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 in line

Priority 1880-12-31 — 350th most senior of the 495 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: HEMENWAY HOUSE SPRING (1913-06-30). Immediately behind: A T ROBB NORTH DITCH (1885-12-31).

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
30667.113231880-12-311963-03-22 2.10.0 CIRRDOM 62-6

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 370 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1989, came in at 356 AF — 96% 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)
1974 180 1st lowest of 15 · 49% of median 58 2.0
1975 607 15th lowest of 15 · 164% of median 112 3.5
1976 429 13th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 136 2.1
1978 492 14th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 125 2.0
1979 392 11th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 117 2.0
1980 374 10th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 121 2.0
1981 264 3rd lowest of 15 · 71% of median 104 1.5
1982 352 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 108 2.0
1983 283 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 98 1.5
1984 370 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 119 2.0
1985 252 2nd lowest of 15 · 68% of median 83 1.8
1986 361 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 80 2.5
1987 370 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 109 2.0
1988 395 12th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 116 2.0
1989 356 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 141 1.5

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