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J F TOLAND DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4001157 · 1 · LITTLE MUDDY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:47 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 1916-08-22 — 1645th 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: COLUMBINE DITCH ALT. POINT (1916-06-01). Immediately behind: BLAKE DITCH (1916-09-01).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29260.2434 | 1916-08-22 | 1937-05-28 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | H105 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 367 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 194 AF — 53% 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 | 1,135 | 14th lowest of 15 · 309% of median | 84 | 10.0 |
| 2011 | 483 | 11th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 68 | 5.0 |
| 2012 | 743 | 12th lowest of 15 · 202% of median | 54 | 10.0 |
| 2013 | 1,148 | 15th lowest of 15 · 313% of median | 56 | 15.0 |
| 2014 | 791 | 13th lowest of 15 · 216% of median | 71 | 10.0 |
| 2015 | 476 | 10th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 67 | 6.0 |
| 2016 | 170 | 4th lowest of 15 · 46% of median | 44 | 4.2 |
| 2017 | 367 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 64 | 5.3 |
| 2018 | 106 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 29% of median | 38 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 402 | 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 72 | 5.5 |
| 2020 | 220 | 6th lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 49 | 2.5 |
| 2021 | 98 | 1st lowest of 15 · 27% of median | 26 | 3.2 |
| 2022 | 240 | 7th lowest of 15 · 65% of median | 49 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 144 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 36 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 194 | 5th lowest of 15 · 53% of median | 55 | 3.0 |
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