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L A DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800806 · 1 · FRYINGPAN RIVER · 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 1900-09-03 — 523rd 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: ADAMS CROSSLAND WELL 1 (1900-09-01). Immediately behind: ALVIN SLOSS DITCH (1901-05-01).

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
30941.185081900-09-031936-08-25 2.430.0 CIRRAUG 333

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 932 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 882 AF — 95% of that, and 5th lowest of the 14 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)
1979 982 8th lowest of 14 · 105% of median — 165 3.0
1980 1,012 9th lowest of 14 · 109% of median — 170 3.0
2003 — no recorded volume 14 0 —
2012 882 5th lowest of 14 · 95% of median 882 184 2.4
2013 260 1st lowest of 14 · 28% of median 260 55 2.4
2015 740 4th lowest of 14 · 79% of median 740 184 2.0
2016 882 5th lowest of 14 · 95% of median 882 184 2.4
2017 607 3rd lowest of 14 · 65% of median 607 128 2.4
2018 1,027 10th lowest of 14 · 110% of median 1,027 214 2.4
2019 530 2nd lowest of 14 · 57% of median 530 113 2.4
2020 1,027 10th lowest of 14 · 110% of median 1,027 214 2.4
2021 1,321 13th lowest of 14 · 142% of median 1,321 275 2.4
2022 1,460 14th lowest of 14 · 157% of median 1,460 304 2.4
2023 1,027 10th lowest of 14 · 110% of median 1,027 214 2.4
2024 882 5th lowest of 14 · 95% of median 882 184 2.4

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