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KAISER AND SIEVERS DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3801147 · 1 · CRYSTAL RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:08 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 1885-11-02 — 187th 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: WADDELL DITCH (1885-09-15). Immediately behind: ASPEN GLEN WELL NO 1 (1885-11-02).
Decreed rights (6)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13090.0 | 1885-11-02 | 1889-05-11 | 3.683 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 136 |
| 13434.0 | 1886-10-12 | 1889-05-11 | 3.19 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 166 |
| 22123.19097 | 1902-04-15 | 1910-08-26 | 1.773 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 217AA |
| 36396.35885 | 1948-04-01 | 1952-10-24 | 12.8 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMOTH | 577 |
| 52230.52045 | 1992-06-29 | 1993-12-31 | 0.0 | 20.0 | C | IRRRECFISFIR | |
| 54380.0 | 1998-11-20 | 1998-12-31 | 5.68 | 4.32 | C | OTH |
Legal record & documents
44 decreed actions on record across
9 court cases:
98CW0310, 06CW0073, 93CW0192, CA4033, W2206, CA1432, 95CW0180, CA0132, 83CW0065.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
98CW0310 | 7 | 1998-12-31 | O, S |
06CW0073 | 1 | 1998-12-31 | S |
93CW0192 | 18 | 1993-12-31 | O, S |
CA4033 | 1 | 1952-10-24 | S |
W2206 | 6 | 1910-08-26 | O, S |
CA1432 | 1 | 1910-08-26 | S |
95CW0180 | 6 | 1910-08-26 | O, S |
CA0132 | 2 | 1889-05-11 | O |
83CW0065 | 2 | 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 3,451 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 4,751 AF — 138% of that, and 14th 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 | 7,445 | 15th lowest of 15 · 216% of median | — | 158 | 38.0 |
| 2011 | 2,412 | 1st lowest of 15 · 70% of median | — | 144 | 13.6 |
| 2012 | 3,451 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 93 | 197 | 12.8 |
| 2013 | 3,020 | 4th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 40 | 177 | 11.4 |
| 2014 | 2,900 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 84% of median | — | 182 | 12.0 |
| 2015 | 3,563 | 10th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 113 | 199 | 11.4 |
| 2016 | 3,412 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 455 | 214 | 13.4 |
| 2017 | 2,573 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 455 | 214 | 11.6 |
| 2018 | 3,725 | 11th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 396 | 203 | 12.3 |
| 2019 | 3,357 | 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 455 | 214 | 13.4 |
| 2020 | 4,143 | 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 455 | 214 | 13.4 |
| 2021 | 3,227 | 5th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 1,171 | 214 | 21.7 |
| 2022 | 4,361 | 13th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 139 | 215 | 16.3 |
| 2023 | 3,509 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 130 | 184 | 14.9 |
| 2024 | 4,751 | 14th lowest of 15 · 138% of median | 454 | 214 | 15.4 |
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 | 6 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 8409 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 79% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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