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SURFACE CREEK DITCH (KISER)

Structure dossier · WDID 4000662 · 1 · KISER CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 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 1886-07-26 — 142nd 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: SURFACE CREEK DITCH (WARD) (1886-07-26). Immediately behind: ORCHARD CITY PL SUP PT 10 (1886-07-26).

Decreed rights (5)

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
13356.01886-07-261889-06-17 4.350.0 CIRR 8
13377.01886-08-161889-06-17 0.550.0 CIRR 9
20501.144131889-06-171907-09-28 0.870.0 CIRR 25
20501.171141896-11-081907-09-28 2.620.0 CIRR 42
25807.187181901-04-011930-02-10 2.00.0 CIRR G54

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 4,806 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,080 AF — 43% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 14 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 — no recorded volume 5,461 0 —
2011 6,991 12th lowest of 14 · 145% of median — 203 40.5
2012 5,038 8th lowest of 14 · 105% of median — 342 24.3
2013 3,669 5th lowest of 14 · 76% of median — 304 21.0
2014 5,466 9th lowest of 14 · 114% of median — 214 27.8
2015 6,020 11th lowest of 14 · 125% of median — 271 30.3
2016 7,038 14th lowest of 14 · 146% of median — 305 39.9
2017 4,575 7th lowest of 14 · 95% of median — 182 29.8
2018 1,656 1st lowest of 14 · 34% of median — 115 16.0
2019 7,034 13th lowest of 14 · 146% of median — 214 35.7
2020 5,466 9th lowest of 14 · 114% of median — 208 26.5
2021 2,442 3rd lowest of 14 · 51% of median — 215 13.0
2022 3,964 6th lowest of 14 · 82% of median — 207 17.0
2023 2,743 4th lowest of 14 · 57% of median — 73 45.5
2024 2,080 2nd lowest of 14 · 43% of median — 104 21.2

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