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COYOTE DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 4002147 · 1 · SPRING CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:11 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 1917-06-01 — 1649th 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: COYOTE DITCH (1917-06-01). Immediately behind: CHIPMUNK DITCH (1917-06-10).

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 0.00.0 CIRR H108

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 48 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 71 AF — 148% of that, and 10th 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 107 13th lowest of 15 · 223% of median 46 1.5
2011 232 15th lowest of 15 · 483% of median 95 1.5
2012 99 12th lowest of 15 · 206% of median 53 1.0
2013 18 1st lowest of 15 · 38% of median 15 1.5
2014 25 2nd lowest of 15 · 52% of median 25 1.5
2015 114 14th lowest of 15 · 238% of median 43 1.9
2016 46 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 25 1.5
2017 69 9th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 35 1.8
2018 30 4th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 18 1.4
2019 78 11th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 38 1.9
2020 43 5th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 20 2.2
2021 27 3rd lowest of 15 · 56% of median 18 1.7
2022 47 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 27 1.8
2023 48 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 23 2.4
2024 71 10th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 26 2.2

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.