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COYOTE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4001106 · 1 · SPRING CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:33 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 1917-06-01 — 1648th 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: SPRUCE SPRING DITCH (1917-04-24). Immediately behind: COYOTE DITCH NO 1 (1917-06-01).

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
29260.246231917-06-011937-05-28 6.00.0 CIRR H108

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 447 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 376 AF — 84% of that, and 6th 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 491 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median — 88 3.7
2011 685 15th lowest of 15 · 153% of median — 158 3.2
2012 390 7th lowest of 15 · 87% of median — 79 3.5
2013 324 5th lowest of 15 · 72% of median — 110 2.8
2014 214 3rd lowest of 15 · 48% of median — 60 4.0
2015 559 12th lowest of 15 · 125% of median — 98 5.8
2016 514 10th lowest of 15 · 115% of median — 70 4.9
2017 533 11th lowest of 15 · 119% of median — 116 3.8
2018 85 1st lowest of 15 · 19% of median — 52 1.8
2019 574 13th lowest of 15 · 128% of median — 121 4.0
2020 276 4th lowest of 15 · 62% of median — 59 4.5
2021 186 2nd lowest of 15 · 42% of median — 70 3.4
2022 447 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 93 3.4
2023 657 14th lowest of 15 · 147% of median — 117 3.8
2024 376 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median — 77 3.8

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.