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REEDER DITCH 1 AND 2
Structure dossier · WDID 4000594 · 1 · SMITH FORK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:51 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 in line
Priority 1884-05-01 — 616th 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: SCRUB OAK DITCH NO 2 (1884-04-01). Immediately behind: JOHN HOSEMAN DITCH (1885-12-31).
Decreed rights (9)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19413.1254 | 1884-05-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.375 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 5 |
| 19413.14336 | 1889-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.094 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 16 |
| 19413.14701 | 1890-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.094 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 17 |
| 19413.15066 | 1891-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.094 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 19 |
| 19413.15797 | 1893-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.094 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 24 |
| 19413.16162 | 1894-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.094 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 27 |
| 19413.16527 | 1895-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.094 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 28 |
| 19413.17623 | 1898-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.094 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 35 |
| 46751.34819 | 1945-05-01 | 1978-12-31 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 237 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 199 AF — 84% of that, and 7th 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 | 355 | 12th lowest of 15 · 150% of median | 145 | 2.8 |
| 2011 | 580 | 15th lowest of 15 · 245% of median | 159 | 2.5 |
| 2012 | 180 | 6th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 116 | 1.3 |
| 2013 | 246 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 116 | 2.5 |
| 2014 | 372 | 13th lowest of 15 · 157% of median | 126 | 2.9 |
| 2015 | 433 | 14th lowest of 15 · 183% of median | 189 | 3.0 |
| 2016 | 149 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 63% of median | 99 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 314 | 11th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 173 | 3.5 |
| 2018 | 134 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 56% of median | 156 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 285 | 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 192 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 168 | 5th lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 115 | 1.2 |
| 2021 | 57 | 1st lowest of 15 · 24% of median | 59 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 162 | 4th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 93 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 237 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 118 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 199 | 7th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 95 | 1.8 |
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