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CASTLE CR DITCH ALT PT A

Structure dossier · WDID 3701065 · 1 · CASTLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:17 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 1884-11-19 — 148th 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: CASTLE CREEK DITCH (1884-11-19). Immediately behind: JONES CASTLE CREEK DITCH (1884-11-19).

Decreed rights (2)

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
16251.127421884-11-191901-03-05 0.00.0 CIRR 139
30894.251591918-11-191936-10-03 0.00.0 CIRR 434

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 266 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2020, came in at 18 AF — 7% of that, and 1st lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2006 124 4th lowest of 15 · 47% of median 188 0.5
2007 418 12th lowest of 15 · 157% of median 178 3.4
2008 607 15th lowest of 15 · 228% of median 197 3.2
2009 190 5th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 128 2.0
2010 292 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 166 2.0
2011 262 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 153 1.6
2012 88 2nd lowest of 15 · 33% of median 181 1.0
2013 278 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 126 2.0
2014 602 14th lowest of 15 · 226% of median 154 3.5
2015 266 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 186 1.2
2016 279 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 168 2.2
2017 502 13th lowest of 15 · 189% of median 112 4.6
2018 101 3rd lowest of 15 · 38% of median 162 1.2
2019 224 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 133 2.0
2020 18 1st lowest of 15 · 7% of median 32 0.3

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