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WHITE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3700856 · 1 · BRUSH CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:32 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1882-05-01 — 13th 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: SUTTON DITCH (1882-05-01). Immediately behind: GRUNDELL BROS DITCH (1882-05-12).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
11809.01882-05-011889-12-17 2.40.0 CIRRAUG 3
14521.01889-10-031889-12-17 1.00.0 CIRRAUG 92
14521.01889-10-031889-12-17 1.20.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDDOMAUG 93
16251.144631889-08-061901-03-05 0.00.0 CIRR 154
22435.222381910-11-201911-11-13 0.00.0 CIRR 297
30894.224611911-07-011936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRR 414
30894.269061923-09-011936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRR 455III, 45
38753.381481954-06-121958-07-23 0.00.0 CIRR 539

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,676 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,676 AF — 100% of that, and 7th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

YearDiverted (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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
1993 1,884 12th lowest of 15 · 112% of median — 137 10.0
1994 1,189 1st lowest of 15 · 71% of median — 159 7.7
1995 1,973 15th lowest of 15 · 118% of median — 195 7.7
1996 1,652 4th lowest of 15 · 99% of median — 174 7.6
1997 1,932 13th lowest of 15 · 115% of median — 166 8.0
1998 1,440 2nd lowest of 15 · 86% of median — 158 6.0
2016 1,935 14th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 1,935 214 4.6
2017 1,667 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 1,667 245 4.6
2018 1,667 5th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 1,667 304 4.6
2019 1,676 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 1,676 240 4.6
2020 1,649 3rd lowest of 15 · 98% of median 1,649 355 4.6
2021 1,676 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 1,676 365 4.6
2022 1,676 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 1,676 365 4.6
2023 1,676 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 1,676 365 4.6
2024 1,676 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 1,676 305 4.6

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