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KUMNIG NO 1 DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3600691 · 1 · OTTER CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:47 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.
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 1878-07-15 — 25th 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: KIRKWOOD DITCH (1875-07-12). Immediately behind: NEW KUMNIG DITCH (1878-07-15).
Decreed rights (8)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10423.0 | 1878-07-15 | 1910-03-02 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 4 |
| 11849.0 | 1882-06-10 | 1910-03-02 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 12 |
| 13423.0 | 1886-10-01 | 1910-03-02 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 46 |
| 13666.0 | 1887-06-01 | 1910-03-02 | 0.4 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 48 |
| 14093.0 | 1888-08-01 | 1910-03-02 | 0.2 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 52 |
| 15310.0 | 1891-12-01 | 1910-03-02 | 0.4 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 86 |
| 17683.0 | 1898-05-31 | 1910-03-02 | 0.4 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 112 |
| 18414.0 | 1900-06-01 | 1910-03-02 | 1.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 123 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 836 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 525 AF — 63% of that, and 3rd 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 793 | 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 134 | 4.1 |
| 2004 | 1,243 | 12th lowest of 15 · 149% of median | 152 | 6.6 |
| 2005 | 983 | 9th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 160 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 1,183 | 11th lowest of 15 · 142% of median | 153 | 6.2 |
| 2007 | 615 | 6th lowest of 15 · 74% of median | 129 | 6.2 |
| 2008 | 1,024 | 10th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 157 | 5.0 |
| 2009 | 836 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 203 | 4.1 |
| 2010 | 551 | 4th lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 89 | 5.0 |
| 2012 | 1,782 | 15th lowest of 15 · 213% of median | 170 | 6.5 |
| 2013 | 1,503 | 14th lowest of 15 · 180% of median | 170 | 6.5 |
| 2017 | 1,463 | 13th lowest of 15 · 175% of median | 166 | 6.5 |
| 2019 | 597 | 5th lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 50 | 6.2 |
| 2021 | 511 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 50 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 265 | 1st lowest of 15 · 32% of median | 125 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 525 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 63% of median | 126 | 5.7 |
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