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DAISY DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3900544 · 1 · PARACHUTE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:04 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 — 19th 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: CORNELL DITCH (1883-05-17). Immediately behind: VIEWEG DITCH (1883-05-17).

Decreed rights (3)

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 1.3860.0 CIRR 9
12474.01884-02-251889-05-11 0.0990.0 CIRR 20
31031.278181926-03-011937-01-04 1.3820.0 CIRR 207R

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,031 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,345 AF — 130% 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.

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)
2007 246 6th lowest of 15 · 24% of median — 154 1.0
2011 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median — 1 0.0
2012 71 5th lowest of 15 · 7% of median — 106 1.0
2013 400 7th lowest of 15 · 39% of median 337 104 5.0
2014 20 4th lowest of 15 · 2% of median — 76 0.2
2015 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median — 2 0.0
2016 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median — 2 0.0
2017 1,031 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 1,031 214 2.4
2018 1,070 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 1,036 215 2.7
2019 1,265 11th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 1,031 214 4.7
2020 1,403 13th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 1,031 217 4.4
2021 1,445 14th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 1,031 214 4.0
2022 1,496 15th lowest of 15 · 145% of median 1,036 215 4.4
2023 1,036 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 1,036 215 2.4
2024 1,345 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 1,036 214 4.5

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