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BOLTS DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3700514 · 1 · CROSS CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:09 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 1882-10-01 — 294th most senior of the 2162 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: ZARTMAN DITCH (1908-10-31). Immediately behind: COOLEY L E NO 1 DITCH (1896-05-15).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22596.11962 | 1882-10-01 | 1912-02-27 | 30.0 | 0.0 | C | FIS | 1-F |
| 53325.53217 | 1995-09-14 | 1996-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISSTKPWRWLD | |
| 57340.0 | 2006-12-28 | 2006-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGSNO | |
| 57696.0 | 2007-12-19 | 2007-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISDOM |
Legal record & documents
7 decreed actions on record across
5 court cases:
07CW0225, 06CW0264, 96CW0324, CA1344, CA0572.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
07CW0225 | 1 | 2007-12-31 | S |
06CW0264 | 2 | 2006-12-31 | S |
96CW0324 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
CA1344 | 2 | 1912-02-27 | S |
CA0572 | 1 | 1912-02-27 | S |
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 12 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 11,475 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1980, came in at 19,177 AF — 167% of that, and 8th lowest of the 12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 1953 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 1954 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 1955 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 1973 | 3,835 | 5th lowest of 12 · 33% of median | 61 | 31.7 |
| 1974 | 22,950 | 9th lowest of 12 · 200% of median | 365 | 31.7 |
| 1975 | 22,950 | 9th lowest of 12 · 200% of median | 365 | 31.7 |
| 1976 | 23,013 | 12th lowest of 12 · 200% of median | 366 | 31.7 |
| 1977 | 19,115 | 7th lowest of 12 · 167% of median | 304 | 31.7 |
| 1978 | 3,835 | 5th lowest of 12 · 33% of median | 61 | 31.7 |
| 1979 | 22,950 | 9th lowest of 12 · 200% of median | 365 | 31.7 |
| 1980 | 19,177 | 8th lowest of 12 · 167% of median | 305 | 31.7 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use is rising over its last 12 recorded years (+449 AF/yr, Mann-Kendall p=0.028).
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 | 2196 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 36% of the irrigation seasons in 1952-1980 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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