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HOLDEN DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800755 · 1 · CASTLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:54 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 1950-08-27 — 796th 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: TWENTY PEAKS SP 1 2 3 4 (1950-08-21). Immediately behind: DEANE FISH PONDS & DITCH (1950-09-01).

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
36763.01950-08-271952-10-24 30.00.0 CIRRDOM 613

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,678 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 3,069 AF — 115% of that, and 11th 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)
2009 7,785 15th lowest of 15 · 291% of median 184 21.3
2011 2,678 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 216 24.2
2012 2,806 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 366 13.5
2013 1,815 2nd lowest of 15 · 68% of median 365 9.0
2014 1,663 1st lowest of 15 · 62% of median 365 9.1
2015 2,582 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 365 15.6
2016 2,185 4th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 366 9.5
2017 2,786 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 304 11.1
2018 3,343 12th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 220 14.6
2019 2,091 3rd lowest of 15 · 78% of median 365 10.1
2020 4,020 13th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 366 18.2
2021 5,140 14th lowest of 15 · 192% of median 365 22.5
2022 2,320 6th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 365 10.5
2023 2,277 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 365 9.5
2024 3,069 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 305 19.9

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