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PARADISE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800924 · 1 · WOODY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:32 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 1888-06-14 — 236th 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: SPRING PARK RESERVOIR (1888-04-14). Immediately behind: WEST HIGHLINE DITCH (1888-06-18).

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
14045.01888-06-141889-05-11 3.00.0 CIRRAUGOTH 192
28989.242731916-06-161930-02-24 3.50.0 CIRR 254
28989.282751927-06-011930-02-24 0.50.0 CIRR 255
30941.286411928-06-011936-08-25 18.00.0 CIRRAUG 428

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 758 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,058 AF — 140% of that, and 13th 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)
2010 766 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median — 96 5.0
2011 690 5th lowest of 15 · 91% of median — 145 5.8
2012 161 2nd lowest of 15 · 21% of median — 44 3.3
2013 84 1st lowest of 15 · 11% of median — 30 1.8
2014 758 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 152 3.6
2015 707 6th lowest of 15 · 93% of median — 160 4.3
2016 631 3rd lowest of 15 · 83% of median 164 184 4.1
2017 1,245 14th lowest of 15 · 164% of median — 176 7.2
2018 654 4th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 244 193 6.6
2019 992 12th lowest of 15 · 131% of median 160 184 6.4
2020 749 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 186 214 6.7
2021 782 10th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 79 214 8.2
2022 1,721 15th lowest of 15 · 227% of median 186 214 8.5
2023 876 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 186 214 6.7
2024 1,058 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median — 184 6.9

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