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SANDSTONE BLUFF DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4000741 · 1 · WARD CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:43 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 1886-07-25 — 140th 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: SESSIONS DITCH (1886-04-30). Immediately behind: SURFACE CREEK DITCH (WARD) (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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13355.0 | 1886-07-25 | 1889-06-17 | 2.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 7.5 |
| 13437.0 | 1886-10-15 | 1889-06-17 | 1.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 14 |
| 29260.21275 | 1908-04-01 | 1937-05-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | H68 |
| 31924.12205 | 1883-06-01 | 1954-03-20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | DOMSTK | J11 |
| 31924.24997 | 1918-06-10 | 1954-03-20 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | J169 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,643 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,152 AF — 70% 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 | 1,886 | 13th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 256 | 8.1 |
| 2011 | 2,553 | 15th lowest of 15 · 155% of median | 327 | 9.9 |
| 2012 | 1,750 | 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 357 | 5.9 |
| 2013 | 1,684 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 348 | 8.6 |
| 2014 | 1,643 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 248 | 7.5 |
| 2015 | 1,809 | 12th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 263 | 8.4 |
| 2016 | 2,328 | 14th lowest of 15 · 142% of median | 342 | 10.6 |
| 2017 | 1,759 | 11th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 286 | 12.7 |
| 2018 | 612 | 1st lowest of 15 · 37% of median | 154 | 4.2 |
| 2019 | 770 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 47% of median | 107 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | 723 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 44% of median | 170 | 7.0 |
| 2021 | 1,058 | 5th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 193 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1,131 | 6th lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 254 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | 816 | 4th lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 254 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | 1,152 | 7th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 200 | 3.5 |
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