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CRYSTAL FALLS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3900543 · 1 · EAST RIFLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:05 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 1886-05-05 — 86th 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: MCKEAL NO 1 DITCH (1886-05-01). Immediately behind: MCKEAL NO 2 DITCH (1886-05-15).

Decreed rights (1)

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
13274.01886-05-051890-04-18 1.50.0 CIRRAUG 68A

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 547 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 547 AF — 100% of that, and 3rd 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)
1993 473 1st lowest of 15 · 86% of median — 160 1.5
1994 765 15th lowest of 15 · 140% of median — 258 1.5
2012 553 12th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 553 187 1.5
2013 530 2nd lowest of 15 · 97% of median 530 179 1.5
2014 601 13th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 601 203 1.5
2015 547 3rd lowest of 15 · 100% of median 547 185 1.5
2016 634 14th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 634 214 1.5
2017 547 3rd lowest of 15 · 100% of median 547 185 1.5
2018 547 3rd lowest of 15 · 100% of median 547 185 1.5
2019 547 3rd lowest of 15 · 100% of median 547 185 1.5
2020 547 3rd lowest of 15 · 100% of median 547 185 1.5
2021 547 3rd lowest of 15 · 100% of median 547 185 1.5
2022 547 3rd lowest of 15 · 100% of median 547 185 1.5
2023 547 3rd lowest of 15 · 100% of median 547 185 1.5
2024 547 3rd lowest of 15 · 100% of median 547 185 1.5

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