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CORNELL DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3900537 · 1 · PARACHUTE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:08 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 1883-05-17 — 18th most senior of the 1758 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: WEST GLENWOOD MUNI DIVR (1883-04-19). Immediately behind: DAISY DITCH (1883-05-17).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
12190.01883-05-171889-05-11 2.420.0 CIRRINDDOMAUG 9
12474.01884-02-251889-05-11 2.9550.0 CIRRINDDOMAUG 20
13181.01886-02-011889-05-11 2.50.0 CIRRINDDOMAUG 51
13639.01887-05-051889-05-11 0.80.0 CIRRINDDOMAUG 111
14092.01888-07-311889-05-11 5.00.0 CIRRINDDOMAUG 142
15120.01891-05-251891-11-27 2.00.0 CIRRINDDOMAUG 148
31031.278181926-03-011937-01-04 0.00.0 CIRR 207R

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 963 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,100 AF — 114% of that, and 11th 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 1,392 14th lowest of 15 · 144% of median — 171 5.7
2011 1,509 15th lowest of 15 · 157% of median — 179 8.0
2012 1,254 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median — 193 5.1
2013 744 2nd lowest of 15 · 77% of median 41 160 6.0
2014 813 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median — 190 3.7
2015 806 3rd lowest of 15 · 84% of median 27 174 3.9
2016 943 5th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 141 198 4.0
2017 950 6th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 152 214 3.7
2018 979 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 153 215 5.0
2019 955 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 152 214 4.8
2020 1,289 13th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 152 214 5.6
2021 963 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 152 214 4.0
2022 1,027 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 153 215 3.7
2023 390 1st lowest of 15 · 40% of median 153 215 1.4
2024 1,100 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 153 214 5.7

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.