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RED MOUNTAIN EXT DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3801790 · 1 · HUNTER CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:50 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 1884-05-15 — 127th 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: RED MOUNTAIN DITCH (1884-05-15). Immediately behind: BENEDICT PUMP (1884-05-15).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12554.0 | 1884-05-15 | 1889-05-11 | 1.04 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 90 |
| 14211.0 | 1888-11-27 | 1889-05-11 | 13.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFISSTKAUGOTH | 205 |
| 25618.21642 | 1909-04-03 | 1920-04-24 | 5.59 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 227B |
| 30941.23986 | 1915-09-03 | 1936-08-25 | 4.31 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 400 |
| 51296.0 | 1990-06-11 | 1990-12-31 | 1.2 | 0.0 | C | RECFISSTKOTHWLD | |
| 56247.55497 | 2001-12-11 | 2004-12-31 | 1.2 | 0.0 | C | RECFISSTKWLD | |
| 56536.0 | 2004-10-15 | 2004-12-31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | RECFISAUGOTH |
Legal record & documents
31 decreed actions on record across
13 court cases:
13CW3107, 10CW0092, 05CW0049, 01CW0327, 97CW0104, 90CW0078, 91CW0265, 90CW0327, 90CW0322, 05CW0050 and 3 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
13CW3107 | 1 | 2004-12-31 | S |
10CW0092 | 1 | 2004-12-31 | S |
05CW0049 | 1 | 2004-12-31 | S |
01CW0327 | 1 | 2004-12-31 | S |
97CW0104 | 1 | 1990-12-31 | S |
90CW0078 | 3 | 1990-12-31 | O, S |
91CW0265 | 3 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
90CW0327 | 6 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
90CW0322 | 2 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
05CW0050 | 6 | 1936-08-25 | O, S |
CA2770 | 2 | 1920-04-24 | O, S |
CA6512 | 2 | 1889-05-11 | O |
11CW0117 | 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 3,473 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 4,229 AF — 122% of that, and 12th 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 | 4,417 | 13th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | — | 161 | 24.4 |
| 2011 | 2,568 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 74% of median | — | 132 | 13.6 |
| 2012 | 4,567 | 14th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | — | 177 | 18.4 |
| 2013 | 3,734 | 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | — | 118 | 19.1 |
| 2014 | 2,848 | 4th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | — | 135 | 15.1 |
| 2015 | 3,473 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 165 | 13.0 |
| 2016 | 3,338 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | — | 128 | 15.3 |
| 2017 | 3,453 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | — | 167 | 16.8 |
| 2018 | 3,765 | 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 534 | 213 | 12.0 |
| 2019 | 4,882 | 15th lowest of 15 · 141% of median | 509 | 184 | 26.5 |
| 2020 | 3,806 | 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 593 | 214 | 13.4 |
| 2021 | 1,914 | 1st lowest of 15 · 55% of median | 593 | 214 | 10.8 |
| 2022 | 2,024 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 514 | 214 | 9.7 |
| 2023 | 3,257 | 5th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 514 | 214 | 13.2 |
| 2024 | 4,229 | 12th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 596 | 214 | 16.3 |
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 B (8/10 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 | 7 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 7521 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 71% 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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