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BORAM AND WHITE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3800545 · 1 · CAPITOL CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:03 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 1881-05-05 — 8th most senior of the 4788 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: THOMPSON DITCH (1881-05-01). Immediately behind: GOULD DITCH (1881-05-05).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11448.0 | 1881-05-05 | 1889-05-11 | 2.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFIRSTKAUGWLD | 9 |
| 12153.0 | 1883-04-10 | 1889-05-11 | 2.6 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFIRSTKAUGWLD | 57 |
| 19720.13635 | 1887-05-01 | 1904-03-18 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFIRSTKAUGWLD | 174A |
| 30941.25723 | 1920-06-05 | 1936-08-25 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFIRSTKAUGWLD | 412F |
| 52595.52554 | 1993-11-20 | 1994-12-31 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFIRSTKAUGWLD |
Legal record & documents
17 decreed actions on record across
8 court cases:
94CW0142, 16CW3089, 00CW0183, CA3082, 94CW0025, CA1043, CA0132, 84CW0285.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
94CW0142 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
16CW3089 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
00CW0183 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
CA3082 | 1 | 1936-08-25 | S |
94CW0025 | 8 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
CA1043 | 1 | 1904-03-18 | S |
CA0132 | 2 | 1889-05-11 | O |
84CW0285 | 2 | 1889-05-11 | O |
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 1,716 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,594 AF — 151% of that, and 15th 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.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,071 | 14th lowest of 15 · 121% of median | — | 174 | 15.8 |
| 2011 | 1,592 | 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | — | 159 | 15.2 |
| 2012 | 1,251 | 4th lowest of 15 · 73% of median | — | 182 | 5.6 |
| 2013 | 1,110 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 65% of median | — | 91 | 6.2 |
| 2014 | 1,798 | 11th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | — | 174 | 13.3 |
| 2015 | 1,795 | 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | — | 185 | 6.6 |
| 2016 | 1,897 | 13th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 106 | 189 | 7.0 |
| 2017 | 1,564 | 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 6 | 173 | 7.7 |
| 2018 | 898 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 52% of median | 53 | 197 | 5.1 |
| 2019 | 1,447 | 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 11 | 190 | 6.6 |
| 2020 | 1,735 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 61 | 214 | 7.6 |
| 2021 | 1,716 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 60 | 214 | 8.7 |
| 2022 | 1,859 | 12th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 185 | 188 | 6.8 |
| 2023 | 152 | 1st lowest of 15 · 9% of median | 152 | 214 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 2,594 | 15th lowest of 15 · 151% of median | 211 | 214 | 9.0 |
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 | 5 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 8185 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 51% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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