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ROSE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4100553 · 1 · SCOTTIES DRAW CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:06 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 1901-04-01 — 152nd 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: OATMEAL DITCH (1896-04-01). Immediately behind: BUCKSKIN DITCH (1901-04-01).

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
29038.187181901-04-011941-12-04 4.00.0 CIRR 180

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 32 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 302 AF — 944% of that, and 11th 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)
1965 178 9th lowest of 15 · 556% of median 73 1.5
1966 18 4th lowest of 15 · 56% of median 19 0.5
1968 24 6th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 13 1.0
1969 5 2nd lowest of 15 · 16% of median 11 0.2
1970 32 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 18 1.0
1971 32 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 18 1.0
1972 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 6 0.0
1973 20 5th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 13 1.0
1974 16 3rd lowest of 15 · 50% of median 11 1.0
1980 365 12th lowest of 15 · 1141% of median 93 2.0
1986 617 15th lowest of 15 · 1928% of median 149 2.5
1988 225 10th lowest of 15 · 703% of median 36 4.2
1989 391 13th lowest of 15 · 1222% of median 57 5.5
1990 475 14th lowest of 15 · 1484% of median 93 4.0
2019 302 11th lowest of 15 · 944% of median 91 2.5

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 918 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 6% of the irrigation seasons in 1953-2019 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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