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GARNET DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4100527 · 1 · UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:07 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 1883-06-18 — 40th most senior of the 1104 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: SPRING CREEK VALLEY D (1883-06-13). Immediately behind: BUCKHORN DITCH (1883-12-10).

Decreed rights (2)

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
12222.01883-06-181890-06-30 45.00.0 CIRRDOMSTK 27, 35
14198.01888-11-141890-06-30 48.330.0 CIRRDOMSTK 104, 74

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 18,652 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 18,211 AF — 98% of that, and 7th 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)
2011 17,554 4th lowest of 15 · 94% of median — 214 63.0
2012 16,555 2nd lowest of 15 · 89% of median — 214 67.0
2013 16,997 3rd lowest of 15 · 91% of median — 214 67.0
2014 15,355 1st lowest of 15 · 82% of median — 208 55.0
2015 17,726 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median — 205 59.0
2016 19,730 12th lowest of 15 · 106% of median — 214 56.8
2017 20,978 14th lowest of 15 · 112% of median — 306 63.6
2018 19,445 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median — 365 60.0
2019 20,099 13th lowest of 15 · 108% of median — 334 70.8
2020 24,483 15th lowest of 15 · 131% of median — 245 81.9
2021 17,843 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median — 273 63.0
2022 19,558 11th lowest of 15 · 105% of median — 365 62.0
2023 19,511 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median — 365 65.5
2024 18,652 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 366 77.0
2025 18,211 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median — 304 68.7

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.