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HUSTON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800769 · 1 · HUNTER CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:21 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 1884-05-15 — 124th 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: HUNTER CREEK FLUME & PL (1884-05-15). Immediately behind: O K DITCH (1884-05-15).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
12554.01884-05-151889-05-11 0.710.0 CIRRAUG 90
36396.256991920-05-121952-10-24 3.50.0 CIRRDOM 530
51134.501291987-04-011990-12-31 0.20.0 COTH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 230 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 70 AF — 30% of that, and 4th 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 67 3rd lowest of 15 · 29% of median — 105 0.5
2008 42 2nd lowest of 15 · 18% of median — 34 1.6
2009 717 15th lowest of 15 · 312% of median — 189 4.0
2010 77 5th lowest of 15 · 34% of median — 67 1.1
2012 113 6th lowest of 15 · 49% of median — 127 0.9
2014 224 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median — 133 1.1
2015 283 9th lowest of 15 · 123% of median — 179 1.4
2016 36 1st lowest of 15 · 16% of median 36 184 0.1
2018 334 11th lowest of 15 · 145% of median 297 193 1.2
2019 283 9th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 283 184 0.8
2020 230 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 42 214 0.8
2021 425 13th lowest of 15 · 185% of median 330 214 1.4
2022 398 12th lowest of 15 · 173% of median 283 184 1.4
2023 482 14th lowest of 15 · 210% of median 330 214 1.8
2024 70 4th lowest of 15 · 30% of median — 59 0.6

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