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SALVATION DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800981 · 1 · ROARING FORK RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:51 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

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 1902-08-02 — 314th 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: ALEXIS ARBANEY DITCH (1897-05-15). Immediately behind: CRMS WELL NO 10 (1905-01-01).

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
20041.192061902-08-021905-01-21 58.00.0 CIRRAUGOTH 218A
51129.01989-12-261989-12-31 1.00.0 CSTOIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 5,415 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 5,415 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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 4,912 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median — 125 25.6
2011 4,255 2nd lowest of 15 · 79% of median — 132 19.6
2012 7,233 13th lowest of 15 · 134% of median — 169 31.3
2013 4,453 4th lowest of 15 · 82% of median — 120 29.6
2014 4,960 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median — 112 32.5
2015 4,127 1st lowest of 15 · 76% of median — 121 31.7
2016 4,600 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median — 126 25.9
2017 7,285 15th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 145 172 33.9
2018 7,068 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 527 216 29.7
2019 7,253 14th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 515 185 31.0
2020 6,277 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 531 214 25.6
2021 4,346 3rd lowest of 15 · 80% of median 600 214 20.5
2022 5,830 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 666 214 24.7
2023 5,510 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 586 214 23.4
2024 5,415 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 586 214 22.4

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