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MOSES DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3700719 · 1 · LAKE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 02:55 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 1910-09-10 — 299th 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: BRYANT LOWER DITCH (1902-06-15). Immediately behind: PALMER DITCH (1910-09-10).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22799.22167 | 1910-09-10 | 1912-11-11 | 1.875 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUGEVP | 307 |
| 30894.29107 | 1929-09-10 | 1936-10-03 | 0.9375 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 473 |
| 56991.0 | 2006-01-13 | 2006-12-31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRR |
Legal record & documents
11 decreed actions on record across
5 court cases:
18CW3112, 06CW0095, CA0963, 96CW0359, CA0571.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
18CW3112 | 1 | 2006-12-31 | S |
06CW0095 | 6 | 2006-12-31 | S |
CA0963 | 1 | 1936-10-03 | S |
96CW0359 | 2 | 1936-10-03 | S |
CA0571 | 1 | 1912-11-11 | 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 216 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 319 AF — 148% of that, and 12th 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 | 213 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 159 | 0.9 |
| 2011 | 352 | 14th lowest of 15 · 163% of median | 137 | 1.5 |
| 2012 | 196 | 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 146 | 0.9 |
| 2013 | 195 | 5th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 137 | 0.9 |
| 2014 | 425 | 15th lowest of 15 · 197% of median | 154 | 1.4 |
| 2015 | 25 | 1st lowest of 15 · 12% of median | 15 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | 141 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 65% of median | 102 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 343 | 13th lowest of 15 · 159% of median | 154 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 227 | 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 136 | 1.2 |
| 2019 | 117 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 146 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | 271 | 11th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 305 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 216 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 220 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 220 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 365 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 194 | 4th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 365 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 319 | 12th lowest of 15 · 148% of median | 304 | 2.6 |
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 | 3 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 7246 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 46% 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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