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CEDAR CANYON IRON SPRINGS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000504 · 1 · CRYSTAL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:37 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1883-10-24 — 103rd most senior of the 4661 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: HARTMAN MCINTYRE DITCH (1883-10-09). Immediately behind: FRUITLAND DOMESTIC PL (1883-10-24).

Decreed rights (2)

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
12350.01883-10-241889-06-17 49.60.0 CIRRAUG 1
31924.118231882-05-151954-03-20 5.00.0 CDOMSTK J4

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 7,680 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 8,694 AF — 113% 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)
2010 6,924 4th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 1,785 365 46.0
2011 9,890 14th lowest of 15 · 129% of median 2 365 63.9
2012 7,787 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 15 347 73.0
2013 9,266 13th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 2,390 364 69.0
2014 8,297 11th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 2,912 363 48.8
2015 7,637 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 2,307 296 51.7
2016 5,346 1st lowest of 15 · 70% of median 1,002 260 52.0
2017 8,022 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 1,518 364 52.2
2018 5,484 2nd lowest of 15 · 71% of median 678 342 44.2
2019 10,826 15th lowest of 15 · 141% of median 1,388 271 58.7
2020 6,361 3rd lowest of 15 · 83% of median — 366 50.2
2021 7,299 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 1,051 359 41.6
2022 7,680 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 921 365 42.6
2023 7,617 6th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 1,111 362 39.4
2024 8,694 12th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 1,444 285 52.0

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