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SCHMITZ CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000601 · 1 · CRYSTAL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:22 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 1904-01-01 — 1290th 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: WHITING DITCH (1903-11-01). Immediately behind: MORTON DITCH NO 2 (1905-04-01).

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
21263.197231904-01-011914-06-23 1.00.0 CIRR A76

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 39 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 78 AF — 200% of that, and 12th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 44 9th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 125 0.6
2011 39 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 112 0.4
2012 13 3rd lowest of 15 · 33% of median 51 0.2
2013 64 10th lowest of 15 · 164% of median 73 1.4
2014 16 4th lowest of 15 · 41% of median 35 0.8
2015 36 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 94 0.4
2016 82 13th lowest of 15 · 210% of median 83 1.1
2017 88 14th lowest of 15 · 226% of median 70 1.6
2018 28 6th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 69 0.4
2019 117 15th lowest of 15 · 300% of median 106 2.3
2020 2 1st lowest of 15 · 5% of median 22 0.1
2021 22 5th lowest of 15 · 56% of median 44 0.5
2022 73 11th lowest of 15 · 187% of median 62 1.0
2023 7 2nd lowest of 15 · 18% of median 10 0.5
2024 78 12th lowest of 15 · 200% of median 63 0.8

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 4342 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 37% 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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