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PARK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800925 · 1 · CATTLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:30 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 1904-09-12 — 374th 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: ELIJAH THOMPSON PL (1891-11-01). Immediately behind: ELK CREEK DITCH (1907-05-01).

Decreed rights (3)

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
23107.199781904-09-121913-06-26 10.80.0 CIRRMUNINDRECDOMAUG 221A
24180.228271912-07-011916-06-09 6.10.0 CIRRMUNINDRECDOMAUG 232
39291.01957-07-291958-06-20 0.00.0 CIRRMUNINDFISDOMSTK 718

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,954 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,463 AF — 75% of that, and 4th 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 3,028 12th lowest of 15 · 155% of median — 143 26.5
2011 1,860 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median — 106 13.9
2012 2,276 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 214 194 14.0
2013 1,954 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 217 161 16.0
2014 3,253 14th lowest of 15 · 166% of median 129 151 19.0
2015 3,161 13th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 155 182 20.3
2016 2,684 11th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 316 184 17.9
2017 2,019 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 318 185 16.8
2018 542 1st lowest of 15 · 28% of median 62 108 7.0
2019 4,119 15th lowest of 15 · 211% of median 322 191 19.3
2020 1,625 5th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 340 198 11.2
2021 917 2nd lowest of 15 · 47% of median 346 199 7.4
2022 991 3rd lowest of 15 · 51% of median 262 148 7.7
2023 1,669 6th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 4 142 10.0
2024 1,463 4th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 294 169 8.2

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