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DAISY DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4000536 · 1 · SMITH FORK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:40 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 1887-10-11 — 159th 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: CARBON DITCH (1887-06-20). Immediately behind: NEEDLE ROCK DITCH (1887-12-20).
Decreed rights (12)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13798.0 | 1887-10-11 | 1889-06-17 | 2.9 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 4 |
| 19413.13696 | 1887-07-01 | 1903-02-27 | 4.144 | 0.0 | C | IRR | R10 |
| 19413.16162 | 1894-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.421 | 0.0 | C | IRR | R27 |
| 19413.16527 | 1895-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.225 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 28 |
| 19413.16893 | 1896-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.487 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 32 |
| 19413.17258 | 1897-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.263 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 33 |
| 19413.17623 | 1898-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.094 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 35 |
| 19413.17988 | 1899-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 1.351 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 38 |
| 19413.18353 | 1900-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.15 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 39 |
| 25807.2024 | 1905-06-01 | 1930-02-10 | 6.82 | 0.0 | C | IRR | G43 |
| 31924.13696 | 1887-07-01 | 1954-03-20 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | DOMSTK | J27 |
| 41410.0 | 1963-05-18 | 2005-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRSTK |
Legal record & documents
14 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
05CW0109, CA3503, CA2030, CA0340, CA0038, 75CW0103.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
05CW0109 | 1 | 2005-12-31 | O |
CA3503 | 1 | 1954-03-20 | S |
CA2030 | 1 | 1930-02-10 | S |
CA0340 | 8 | 1903-02-27 | S |
CA0038 | 2 | 1889-06-17 | O |
75CW0103 | 1 | 1889-06-17 | 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 1,847 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,872 AF — 101% of that, and 9th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,018 | 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 182 | 19.7 |
| 2011 | 1,399 | 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 195 | 12.7 |
| 2012 | 1,502 | 6th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 143 | 11.9 |
| 2013 | 1,468 | 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 181 | 11.6 |
| 2014 | 2,052 | 12th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 186 | 21.9 |
| 2015 | 2,557 | 15th lowest of 15 · 138% of median | 190 | 16.5 |
| 2016 | 1,847 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 194 | 13.5 |
| 2017 | 2,312 | 13th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 193 | 17.5 |
| 2018 | 873 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 47% of median | 78 | 10.1 |
| 2019 | 2,020 | 11th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 147 | 17.0 |
| 2020 | 1,110 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 93 | 10.1 |
| 2021 | 841 | 1st lowest of 15 · 46% of median | 69 | 10.3 |
| 2022 | 1,521 | 7th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 131 | 15.7 |
| 2023 | 2,405 | 14th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 140 | 15.0 |
| 2024 | 1,872 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 181 | 16.6 |
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 A (9/10 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 | 12 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 11232 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 97% of the irrigation seasons in 1970-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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