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GREEN MEADOW DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800720 · 1 · CAPITOL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:51 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 in line

Priority 1882-05-24 — 257th 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: SHEAFFER DITCH (1885-04-10). Immediately behind: DEER CREEK NO 1 DITCH (1893-04-01).

Decreed rights (1)

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
18977.118321882-05-241902-06-02 17.440.0 CIRRRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG 33A

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,443 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 340 AF — 14% of that, and 1st 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)
2007 2,730 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median — 112 12.4
2008 3,090 11th lowest of 15 · 126% of median — 127 15.1
2009 1,580 7th lowest of 15 · 65% of median — 144 5.5
2010 1,379 5th lowest of 15 · 56% of median — 58 12.2
2011 1,359 4th lowest of 15 · 56% of median — 51 13.7
2012 3,257 13th lowest of 15 · 133% of median — 138 13.0
2015 3,187 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median — 135 13.9
2016 2,443 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 99 12.6
2017 1,146 3rd lowest of 15 · 47% of median — 75 7.8
2018 2,964 10th lowest of 15 · 121% of median — 161 13.5
2019 3,411 14th lowest of 15 · 140% of median — 110 19.4
2020 1,386 6th lowest of 15 · 57% of median 188 214 14.7
2021 3,662 15th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 188 214 17.4
2022 380 2nd lowest of 15 · 16% of median — 24 8.3
2023 340 1st lowest of 15 · 14% of median — 27 6.9

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.