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RICE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3600790 · 1 · SNAKE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:24 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
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 1893-05-03 — 122nd 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: KNORR NO 1 DITCH (1892-06-30). Immediately behind: VIDLER TUNNEL UNIT HDGT A (1893-05-03).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15829.0 | 1893-05-03 | 1910-03-02 | 4.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMAUG | 90 |
| 30184.23561 | 1914-07-05 | 1937-10-26 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMAUG | 230 |
| 32075.23561 | 1914-07-05 | 1952-03-10 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 316 |
| 54421.53497 | 1996-06-20 | 1999-12-31 | 1.06 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Legal record & documents
13 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
99CW0071, 06CW0196, W0217, CA1805, CA1709, CA1277.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
99CW0071 | 1 | 1999-12-31 | S |
06CW0196 | 2 | 1999-12-31 | S |
W0217 | 7 | 1952-03-10 | O, S |
CA1805 | 1 | 1952-03-10 | S |
CA1709 | 1 | 1937-10-26 | S |
CA1277 | 1 | 1910-03-02 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 123 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 143 AF — 116% of that, and 11th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 273 | 15th lowest of 15 · 222% of median | 132 | 1.2 |
| 2005 | 196 | 14th lowest of 15 · 159% of median | 122 | 1.4 |
| 2006 | 118 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 126 | 0.9 |
| 2007 | 16 | 1st lowest of 15 · 13% of median | 14 | 0.6 |
| 2008 | 123 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 123 | 0.9 |
| 2015 | 98 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 125 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | 128 | 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 124 | 0.7 |
| 2017 | 98 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 103 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 112 | 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 111 | 0.8 |
| 2019 | 144 | 12th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 121 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 102 | 4th lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 123 | 0.5 |
| 2021 | 104 | 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 127 | 0.5 |
| 2022 | 161 | 13th lowest of 15 · 131% of median | 141 | 0.8 |
| 2023 | 124 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 130 | 0.6 |
| 2024 | 143 | 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 127 | 0.9 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
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
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 4 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 3779 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 29% of the irrigation seasons in 1964-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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