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TERROR DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4001208 · 1 · TERROR CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:28 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 1884-12-11 — 175th 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: REYNOLDS SPRING (UPPER REYNOLDS ) (1884-06-01). Immediately behind: WADE AND HIGHTOWER DITCH (1889-07-01).

Decreed rights (3)

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
14413.127641884-12-111901-04-12 6.00.0 CIRRINDAUG 14
25807.187481901-05-011930-02-10 6.00.0 CIRRINDAUG G30
31924.127641884-12-111954-03-20 1.50.0 CIRRINDDOMSTKAUG J20

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,031 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,752 AF — 86% 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 2,031 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 365 9.5
2011 2,962 15th lowest of 15 · 146% of median — 365 11.5
2012 1,699 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median — 305 6.6
2013 1,773 7th lowest of 15 · 87% of median — 272 8.6
2014 2,800 14th lowest of 15 · 138% of median — 300 12.9
2015 2,083 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median — 270 8.9
2016 2,086 10th lowest of 15 · 103% of median — 366 8.8
2017 1,385 2nd lowest of 15 · 68% of median — 250 8.4
2018 1,097 1st lowest of 15 · 54% of median — 152 8.3
2019 2,706 13th lowest of 15 · 133% of median — 199 16.1
2020 1,559 4th lowest of 15 · 77% of median — 187 10.5
2021 1,473 3rd lowest of 15 · 72% of median — 155 9.0
2022 2,173 12th lowest of 15 · 107% of median — 194 8.6
2023 2,088 11th lowest of 15 · 103% of median — 186 8.7
2024 1,752 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median — 203 7.8

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