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J M DODD DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3700571 · 1 · LAKE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 01:21 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 1886-06-15 — 53rd 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: DITCH NO 4 DITCH (1886-05-01). Immediately behind: PALMEROSA WELL NO. 1 (1886-06-15).
Decreed rights (6)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13315.0 | 1886-06-15 | 1889-12-17 | 3.2 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 82A |
| 15462.0 | 1892-05-01 | 1894-06-29 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 114 |
| 19509.16192 | 1894-05-01 | 1903-12-08 | 3.9 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMWLD | 202 |
| 30894.18383 | 1900-05-01 | 1936-10-03 | 2.54 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 387 |
| 30894.20977 | 1907-06-08 | 1936-10-03 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 404 |
| 54021.0 | 1997-11-26 | 1996-12-31 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Legal record & documents
23 decreed actions on record across
11 court cases:
96CW0373, 17CW3057, 07CW0084, CA0963, 81CW0061, CA0417, 91CW0077, 89CW0217, CA0294, 07CW0255 and 1 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
96CW0373 | 2 | 1996-12-31 | S |
17CW3057 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
07CW0084 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
CA0963 | 1 | 1936-10-03 | S |
81CW0061 | 5 | 1936-10-03 | S |
CA0417 | 1 | 1903-12-08 | S |
91CW0077 | 2 | 1903-12-08 | S |
89CW0217 | 2 | 1903-12-08 | S |
CA0294 | 2 | 1894-06-29 | O, S |
07CW0255 | 2 | 1894-06-29 | O, S |
07CW0039 | 4 | 1894-06-29 | O, 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 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,863 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,731 AF — 93% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,239 | 1st lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 128 | 6.9 |
| 2011 | 2,135 | 10th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 160 | 8.5 |
| 2012 | 2,060 | 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 167 | 6.8 |
| 2013 | 1,531 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 144 | 7.0 |
| 2014 | 3,332 | 15th lowest of 15 · 179% of median | 162 | 11.8 |
| 2015 | 2,372 | 12th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | 150 | 10.7 |
| 2016 | 1,863 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 131 | 7.7 |
| 2017 | 2,364 | 11th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | 109 | 12.4 |
| 2018 | 2,403 | 13th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 152 | 8.3 |
| 2019 | 1,746 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 132 | 9.3 |
| 2020 | 1,680 | 4th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 123 | 8.0 |
| 2021 | 1,309 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 156 | 7.0 |
| 2022 | 1,833 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 365 | 9.3 |
| 2023 | 2,830 | 14th lowest of 15 · 152% of median | 365 | 10.0 |
| 2024 | 1,731 | 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 304 | 5.2 |
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 (8/10 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 | 6 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 8670 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 55% of the irrigation seasons in 1951-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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