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NEEDHAM DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800902 · 1 · CATTLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:13 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 1884-07-11 — 133rd 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: WOODRUN V PIPELINE (1884-07-04). Immediately behind: KELEY DITCH (1884-08-10).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
12611.01884-07-111889-05-11 3.00.0 CIRRDOMAUG 100
13395.01886-09-031889-05-11 11.00.0 CIRRAUG 163
15862.01893-06-051894-03-15 2.90.0 CIRRAUG 210
46751.426411966-09-301978-12-31 10.30.0 CIRRSTKAUG

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,122 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,287 AF — 108% 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)
2010 2,193 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 168 18.1
2011 2,122 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 148 13.9
2012 1,312 2nd lowest of 15 · 62% of median 184 10.2
2013 1,723 4th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 156 16.9
2014 2,723 14th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 183 20.8
2015 2,644 12th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 186 18.0
2016 2,247 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 166 19.5
2017 2,052 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 169 16.9
2018 1,224 1st lowest of 15 · 58% of median 171 15.5
2019 3,255 15th lowest of 15 · 153% of median 180 27.0
2020 1,960 5th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 178 16.0
2021 1,416 3rd lowest of 15 · 67% of median 181 13.2
2022 2,031 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 179 17.7
2023 2,713 13th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 167 19.0
2024 2,287 11th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 169 16.6

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