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CARWOOD DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3600553 · 1 · MINERS CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:54 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1891-04-23 — 113th most senior of the 1247 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: LOWLINE NO 1 DITCH (1890-10-20). Immediately behind: MARSHALL NO 3 DITCH (1891-06-01).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15088.0 | 1891-04-23 | 1910-03-02 | 1.9995 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMDOMAUG | 78 |
| 30184.15088 | 1891-04-23 | 1937-10-26 | 0.222 | 0.0 | C | DOM | 71 |
| 30184.22644 | 1911-12-31 | 1937-10-26 | 1.428 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 225 |
| 44194.3068 | 1933-12-31 | 1971-12-31 | 16.83 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNDOM |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 80 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 43 AF — 54% of that, and 5th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 127 | 14th lowest of 15 · 159% of median | 104 | 1.0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 4 | 0.0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 4 | 0.0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | 80 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 143 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 51 | 6th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 108 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | 103 | 11th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 119 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 138 | 15th lowest of 15 · 172% of median | 129 | 0.6 |
| 2019 | 86 | 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 95 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | 51 | 6th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 110 | 0.3 |
| 2021 | 111 | 13th lowest of 15 · 139% of median | 152 | 0.5 |
| 2022 | 81 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 137 | 0.3 |
| 2023 | 107 | 12th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 180 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 43 | 5th lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 77 | 0.3 |
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