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CULP DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3400602 · 1 · MUD 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 (f6d7fdc) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1945-04-30 — 395th 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: GRAF DITCH (1975-05-20). Immediately behind: MARYS DITCH (1953-12-31).

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
46751.348181945-04-301978-12-31 0.50.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 11 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 69 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2007, came in at 96 AF — 139% of that, and 10th lowest of the 11 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)
1980 74 8th lowest of 11 · 107% of median 76 0.5
1981 107 11th lowest of 11 · 155% of median 109 0.5
1982 72 7th lowest of 11 · 104% of median 75 0.5
1983 64 4th lowest of 11 · 93% of median 62 0.6
1984 69 6th lowest of 11 · 100% of median 99 0.5
1985 52 2nd lowest of 11 · 75% of median 57 0.5
1986 64 4th lowest of 11 · 93% of median 70 0.5
1987 13 1st lowest of 11 · 19% of median 14 0.5
1988 54 3rd lowest of 11 · 78% of median 83 0.4
2006 95 9th lowest of 11 · 138% of median 97 0.5
2007 96 10th lowest of 11 · 139% of median 98 0.5

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