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ERIKSON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4001129 · 1 · ANTHRACITE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:26 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 1905-05-05 — 2074th 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: HONOR CAMP NO 1 WELL (1964-01-24). Immediately behind: COWAN GULCH DITCH (1905-05-15).

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
41668.202131905-05-051969-08-11 1.50.0 CIRRSTK L1, L2

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 45 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 101 AF — 224% of that, and 12th 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 403 15th lowest of 15 · 896% of median 365 1.0
2011 188 14th lowest of 15 · 418% of median 365 0.5
2012 173 13th lowest of 15 · 384% of median 236 0.5
2013 45 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 88 0.3
2014 11 2nd lowest of 15 · 24% of median 27 0.2
2015 17 3rd lowest of 15 · 38% of median 47 0.2
2016 26 5th lowest of 15 · 58% of median 44 0.5
2017 46 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 61 0.6
2018 40 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 29 0.8
2019 59 11th lowest of 15 · 131% of median 100 1.0
2020 8 1st lowest of 15 · 18% of median 23 0.2
2021 23 4th lowest of 15 · 51% of median 35 0.4
2022 27 6th lowest of 15 · 60% of median 35 0.6
2023 55 10th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 88 0.4
2024 101 12th lowest of 15 · 224% of median 172 0.4

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.