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KESTER DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3800800 · 1 · ROARING FORK RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:49 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 1885-04-01 — 247th 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: FRIELER DITCH (1895-08-16). Immediately behind: MEYER WELL (1885-04-01).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16765.12875 | 1885-04-01 | 1900-02-20 | 6.3 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 113B |
| 30427.19453 | 1903-04-06 | 1933-07-27 | 1.01 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 268 |
| 30941.19818 | 1904-04-05 | 1936-08-25 | 9.565 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 351 |
| 53306.0 | 1995-12-12 | 1995-12-31 | 5.6 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFISOTH |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 4,703 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 4,977 AF — 106% of that, and 12th 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 | 3,444 | 1st lowest of 15 · 73% of median | — | 152 | 11.5 |
| 2011 | 3,911 | 4th lowest of 15 · 83% of median | — | 181 | 14.3 |
| 2012 | 4,751 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | — | 156 | 22.8 |
| 2013 | 4,087 | 6th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | — | 225 | 18.3 |
| 2014 | 7,066 | 15th lowest of 15 · 150% of median | — | 304 | 19.4 |
| 2015 | 4,150 | 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | — | 201 | 19.1 |
| 2016 | 4,703 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 309 | 190 | 17.4 |
| 2017 | 4,775 | 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 309 | 213 | 19.1 |
| 2018 | 3,671 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 472 | 220 | 14.4 |
| 2019 | 3,674 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 314 | 193 | 12.6 |
| 2020 | 3,986 | 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 359 | 214 | 13.0 |
| 2021 | 5,268 | 13th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 359 | 214 | 15.6 |
| 2022 | 4,968 | 11th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 309 | 188 | 16.6 |
| 2023 | 5,397 | 14th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 359 | 214 | 19.5 |
| 2024 | 4,977 | 12th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 59 | 214 | 16.9 |
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