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SNIPE CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4100563 · 1 · DRY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 in line

Priority 1911-09-02 — 115th 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: SIMS E&E OF SMITH DITCH (1911-09-02). Immediately behind: TOPLISS DITCH (1911-09-02).

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
24221.225241911-09-021929-07-03 1.430.0 CIRR 139
29038.213221908-05-181941-12-04 4.820.0 CIRR 184

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 506 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2001, came in at 418 AF — 83% of that, and 6th 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)
1987 889 13th lowest of 15 · 176% of median 103 8.9
1988 991 15th lowest of 15 · 196% of median 120 8.2
1989 635 11th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 78 6.2
1990 901 14th lowest of 15 · 178% of median 111 6.2
1991 247 1st lowest of 15 · 49% of median 62 6.0
1992 383 3rd lowest of 15 · 76% of median 78 6.0
1993 641 12th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 86 6.5
1994 500 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 129 5.0
1995 609 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 107 6.0
1996 512 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 105 6.0
1997 506 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 139 5.0
1998 395 4th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 76 6.0
1999 407 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 101 2.5
2000 266 2nd lowest of 15 · 53% of median 43 6.2
2001 418 6th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 73 5.5

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