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RED ROCK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4001474 · 1 · WEST FORK DOUGHSPOON CRE · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:48 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 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 1901-08-251189th 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: SUNRISE DITCH (1899-10-15). Immediately behind: COTTONWOOD DITCH (1902-05-01).

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
20501.188641901-08-251907-09-28 0.750.0 CIRRMUNDOM 47

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 19 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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)
2005 19 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 158 0.1
2006 14 6th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 75 0.1
2007 14 6th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 93 0.1
2008 8 5th lowest of 15 · 42% of median 98 0.1
2009 46 11th lowest of 15 · 242% of median 149 0.4
2010 30 10th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 187 0.1
2011 303 15th lowest of 15 · 1595% of median 110 1.4
2012 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2013 26 9th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 46 0.3
2014 72 12th lowest of 15 · 379% of median 28 1.8
2015 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 5 0.0
2016 105 13th lowest of 15 · 553% of median 99 0.8
2017 176 14th lowest of 15 · 926% of median 63 1.5
2019 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2021 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0

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.