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STELL DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4000819 · 1 · ALFALFA RUN · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:49 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 1887-04-01 — 1229th 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: FULLER DITCH (1887-04-01). Immediately behind: MCNEIL DITCH (1887-04-02).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21263.13605 | 1887-04-01 | 1914-06-23 | 1.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | A9 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 609 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 468 AF — 77% of that, and 5th 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 | 456 | 4th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 142 | 1.8 |
| 2011 | 588 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 179 | 2.2 |
| 2012 | 609 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 210 | 1.8 |
| 2013 | 427 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 146 | 1.8 |
| 2014 | 491 | 6th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 171 | 1.8 |
| 2015 | 687 | 14th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 205 | 2.1 |
| 2016 | 643 | 11th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 200 | 5.4 |
| 2017 | 637 | 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 196 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 661 | 12th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 207 | 1.8 |
| 2019 | 617 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 186 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 670 | 13th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 204 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 305 | 1st lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 198 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 717 | 15th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 215 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 395 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 65% of median | 129 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 468 | 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 162 | 1.8 |
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