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TURNER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4001056 · 1 · MINNESOTA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:44 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 1883-05-05 — 49th 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: SWEEZY TURNER DITCH (1883-05-05). Immediately behind: CLARK AND WADE DITCH (1883-05-05).

Decreed rights (6)

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
12178.01883-05-051889-06-17 3.790.0 CIRRAUG 1
14413.122831883-08-181901-04-12 0.390.0 CIRRAUG 7
14413.122851883-08-201901-04-12 0.210.0 CIRRAUG 8
21263.174511897-10-111914-06-23 3.50.0 CIRRAUG A48
24894.187141901-03-281920-08-28 2.50.0 CIRRAUG B11
49673.494291985-05-011986-12-31 1.610.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,072 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,072 AF — 100% of that, and 8th lowest of the 15 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 2,040 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median — 164 11.6
2011 2,560 13th lowest of 15 · 124% of median — 169 13.0
2012 1,586 3rd lowest of 15 · 76% of median 0 169 10.0
2013 2,055 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median — 176 10.0
2014 2,655 15th lowest of 15 · 128% of median — 187 12.3
2015 2,428 10th lowest of 15 · 117% of median — 189 12.0
2016 2,082 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 165 11.3
2017 1,927 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median — 123 12.1
2018 1,318 1st lowest of 15 · 64% of median — 205 5.4
2019 2,474 12th lowest of 15 · 119% of median — 174 12.0
2020 1,618 4th lowest of 15 · 78% of median — 190 10.0
2021 1,507 2nd lowest of 15 · 73% of median — 197 8.9
2022 2,447 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 3 190 10.6
2023 2,581 14th lowest of 15 · 125% of median — 176 10.2
2024 2,072 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 190 7.9

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.