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SETTLE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000853 · 1 · HAMILTON DRAW · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 03:02 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 1884-05-01 — 1079th 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: WILLIAMS DITCH NO 2 (1884-05-01). Immediately behind: CARBONATE CAMP DITCH (1885-10-31).

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
20501.12541884-05-011907-09-28 2.270.0 CIRR 19

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 119 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 93 AF — 78% of that, and 7th 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 119 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 196 0.4
2011 140 12th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 210 0.7
2012 123 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 213 0.4
2013 78 4th lowest of 15 · 66% of median 207 0.3
2014 140 12th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 214 0.6
2015 140 12th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 209 0.4
2016 181 15th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 210 0.8
2017 133 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 209 0.4
2018 72 2nd lowest of 15 · 60% of median 204 0.2
2019 135 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 200 0.4
2020 77 3rd lowest of 15 · 65% of median 194 0.3
2021 70 1st lowest of 15 · 59% of median 186 0.2
2022 89 5th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 190 0.3
2023 89 5th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 191 0.2
2024 93 7th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 162 0.3

How good is our record of it?

Grade A (9/10 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 10388 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 94% of the irrigation seasons in 1973-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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