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STATON DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3801027 · 1 · CATTLE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:38 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 1883-02-15 — 88th 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: ROBERTSON DITCH (1883-02-11). Immediately behind: STATON DITCH NPD (1883-02-15).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12099.0 | 1883-02-15 | 1889-05-11 | 0.2 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 53 |
| 12479.0 | 1884-03-01 | 1889-05-11 | 0.2 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 79 |
| 12875.0 | 1885-04-01 | 1889-05-11 | 0.17 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 110 |
| 16255.1435 | 1889-04-15 | 1895-03-18 | 0.2 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 206A |
| 30941.14715 | 1890-04-15 | 1936-08-25 | 0.56 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 299 |
Legal record & documents
56 decreed actions on record across
13 court cases:
W2206, CA3082, 99CW0300, 95CW0180, 94CW0119, 93CW0175, 90CW0156, 13CW0019, 01CW0189, 01CW0188 and 3 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W2206 | 6 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
CA3082 | 1 | 1936-08-25 | S |
99CW0300 | 6 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
95CW0180 | 6 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
94CW0119 | 6 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
93CW0175 | 6 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
90CW0156 | 6 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
13CW0019 | 3 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
01CW0189 | 6 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
01CW0188 | 6 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
CA0671 | 1 | 1895-03-18 | S |
CA0132 | 2 | 1889-05-11 | O |
95CW0064 | 1 | 1889-05-11 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 391 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 399 AF — 102% of that, and 9th 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.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 370 | 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | — | 152 | 1.8 |
| 2011 | 405 | 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | — | 145 | 2.0 |
| 2012 | 326 | 5th lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 27 | 191 | 1.5 |
| 2013 | 212 | 1st lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 12 | 171 | 1.1 |
| 2014 | 278 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 71% of median | — | 190 | 1.0 |
| 2015 | 345 | 6th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 27 | 188 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 391 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 130 | 200 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 449 | 12th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 227 | 200 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 419 | 11th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 245 | 201 | 1.3 |
| 2019 | 618 | 15th lowest of 15 · 158% of median | 245 | 200 | 2.0 |
| 2020 | 505 | 13th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 280 | 214 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 516 | 14th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 262 | 214 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 301 | 4th lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 130 | 200 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 256 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 66% of median | — | 165 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 399 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 245 | 200 | 1.8 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 5 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 12414 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 78% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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