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STRAIGHT CREEK DITCH AP
Structure dossier · WDID 3601138 · 1 · STRAIGHT CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:06 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 1899-04-18 — 172nd 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: DILLON BLUE RIVER INTAKE (1899-04-18). Immediately behind: EMMETT DITCH NO 3 (1899-08-31).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18005.0 | 1899-04-18 | 1910-03-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | 34 |
| 49799.0 | 1986-05-06 | 1987-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 50310.0 | 1987-09-29 | 1987-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN | |
| 50310.0 | 1987-09-29 | 1987-12-31 | 0.0 | 1.5 | C | MUN | |
| 52067.0 | 1992-07-21 | 1995-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN | |
| 52067.0 | 1992-07-21 | 1995-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 61349.0 | 2017-12-19 | 2017-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGOTH | |
| 61349.0 | 2017-12-19 | 2017-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGOTH |
Legal record & documents
7 decreed actions on record across
4 court cases:
17CW3244, 95CW0077, 87CW0392, W0012.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
17CW3244 | 1 | 2017-12-31 | O |
95CW0077 | 1 | 1995-12-31 | O |
87CW0392 | 4 | 1987-12-31 | O, S |
W0012 | 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 8 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,066 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 932 AF — 87% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 8 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 258 | 1st lowest of 8 · 24% of median | 204 | 61 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | 1,361 | 8th lowest of 8 · 128% of median | 995 | 365 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 1,063 | 4th lowest of 8 · 100% of median | 725 | 365 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 1,055 | 3rd lowest of 8 · 99% of median | 702 | 366 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 1,163 | 7th lowest of 8 · 109% of median | 823 | 365 | 2.1 |
| 2022 | 1,070 | 5th lowest of 8 · 100% of median | 750 | 365 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 1,078 | 6th lowest of 8 · 101% of median | 759 | 365 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 932 | 2nd lowest of 8 · 87% of median | 655 | 305 | 1.8 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 8 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 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 | 8 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 2557 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 2017-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.