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GLENWOOD DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3800712 · 1 · ROARING FORK RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:48 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 1900-11-18 — 334th 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: GLENWOOD DITCH CATTLE CR (1900-11-18). Immediately behind: WATERS PUMP (1900-11-18).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21522.18584 | 1900-11-18 | 1908-12-05 | 28.65 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 213BBA |
| 30941.18949 | 1901-11-18 | 1936-08-25 | 17.238 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 339 |
| 52230.52045 | 1992-06-29 | 1993-12-31 | 0.0 | 20.0 | C | IRRRECFISFIR |
Legal record & documents
37 decreed actions on record across
11 court cases:
93CW0192, W2206, CA3082, 96CW0319, 95CW0180, 90CW0156, 90CW0151, 86CW0175, 01CW0189, 01CW0188 and 1 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
93CW0192 | 5 | 1993-12-31 | S |
W2206 | 4 | 1936-08-25 | S |
CA3082 | 1 | 1936-08-25 | S |
96CW0319 | 2 | 1936-08-25 | S |
95CW0180 | 4 | 1936-08-25 | S |
90CW0156 | 4 | 1936-08-25 | S |
90CW0151 | 4 | 1936-08-25 | S |
86CW0175 | 2 | 1936-08-25 | S |
01CW0189 | 4 | 1936-08-25 | S |
01CW0188 | 6 | 1936-08-25 | S |
CA1338 | 1 | 1908-12-05 | 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 9,005 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 9,629 AF — 107% of that, and 11th 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 | 10,542 | 13th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | — | 160 | 52.6 |
| 2011 | 7,145 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 79% of median | — | 139 | 36.1 |
| 2012 | 10,300 | 12th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 81 | 190 | 38.1 |
| 2013 | 8,561 | 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 37 | 179 | 34.3 |
| 2014 | 9,614 | 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | — | 196 | 36.0 |
| 2015 | 7,553 | 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 27 | 179 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 6,609 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 73% of median | 208 | 200 | 27.2 |
| 2017 | 5,927 | 1st lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 208 | 200 | 27.9 |
| 2018 | 8,671 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 208 | 228 | 26.5 |
| 2019 | 9,170 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 208 | 205 | 34.6 |
| 2020 | 8,561 | 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 208 | 200 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 9,005 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 208 | 232 | 42.7 |
| 2022 | 14,908 | 15th lowest of 15 · 166% of median | 191 | 205 | 59.6 |
| 2023 | 13,230 | 14th lowest of 15 · 147% of median | 254 | 200 | 49.6 |
| 2024 | 9,629 | 11th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 253 | 200 | 42.7 |
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 A (9/10 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 | 8886 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 84% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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