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CITY DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4200512 · 1 · NORTH FORK KANNAH CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:16 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 1882-03-06 — 4th most senior of the 726 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: BAUER DITCH (1882-03-06). Immediately behind: LAURENT DITCH (1882-03-06).

Decreed rights (6)

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
11753.01882-03-061888-07-25 0.90.0 CIRRMUN 1
12174.01883-05-011888-07-25 0.950.0 CIRRMUN 2
12905.01885-05-011888-07-25 5.760.0 CIRRMUN 3
13901.01888-01-221888-07-25 1.40.0 CIRRMUN 4
13903.01888-01-241888-07-25 1.960.0 CIRRMUN 5
52230.511041989-12-011993-12-31 22.80.0 CSTOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 600 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 369 AF — 62% of that, and 2nd 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)
2010 1,072 15th lowest of 15 · 179% of median — 365 6.7
2011 754 13th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 8 138 8.7
2012 215 1st lowest of 15 · 36% of median — 61 2.3
2013 575 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median — 152 2.6
2014 697 12th lowest of 15 · 116% of median — 152 3.4
2015 656 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median — 152 3.4
2016 667 11th lowest of 15 · 111% of median — 153 3.3
2017 1,011 14th lowest of 15 · 168% of median — 182 4.7
2018 600 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 153 3.1
2019 457 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median — 152 3.9
2020 610 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median — 153 2.9
2021 535 6th lowest of 15 · 89% of median — 152 2.4
2022 490 5th lowest of 15 · 82% of median — 152 2.4
2023 407 3rd lowest of 15 · 68% of median — 365 3.0
2024 369 2nd lowest of 15 · 62% of median — 305 3.8

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.