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KIER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800801 · 1 · CRYSTAL RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:29 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1893-03-15 — 286th 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: BATT DITCH (1893-03-15). Immediately behind: AVALANCHE DITCH (1893-03-15).

Decreed rights (2)

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
19479.15781893-03-151903-05-06 0.30.0 CIRR 209AA-2
58073.02008-12-302008-12-31 0.1250.175 COTH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 73 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 144 AF — 197% of that, and 15th 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)
1975 106 11th lowest of 15 · 145% of median 153 0.5
1976 69 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 175 0.2
1977 55 4th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 184 0.2
1978 46 2nd lowest of 15 · 63% of median 153 0.2
1980 67 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 170 0.2
1985 36 1st lowest of 15 · 49% of median 184 0.1
1986 121 13th lowest of 15 · 166% of median 123 0.5
1987 122 14th lowest of 15 · 167% of median 124 0.5
1996 48 3rd lowest of 15 · 66% of median 122 0.2
2000 118 12th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 200 0.3
2003 81 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 184 0.4
2016 73 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 133 0.3
2018 56 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 129 0.3
2019 75 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 129 0.3
2024 144 15th lowest of 15 · 197% of median 122 0.6

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