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SMITH IRRIGATING DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4200545 · 1 · KANNAH CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:21 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 1884-11-01 — 13th 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: NORTHWESTERN DITCH (1884-11-01). Immediately behind: VANPELT COX SEEPAGE D (1884-11-01).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12724.0 | 1884-11-01 | 1888-07-25 | 1.76 | 0.0 | C | IRR | NO.2 |
| 13007.0 | 1885-08-11 | 1888-07-25 | 0.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | NO.3 |
| 13234.0 | 1886-03-26 | 1888-07-25 | 19.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | NO.7 |
| 30895.25688 | 1920-05-01 | 1941-07-25 | 0.45 | 0.0 | C | IRR | NO.18 |
Legal record & documents
12 decreed actions on record across
7 court cases:
85CW0271, 81CW0150, 11CW0151, CA5812, CA12290, CA0216, 19CW0014.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
85CW0271 | 2 | 1981-12-31 | S |
81CW0150 | 1 | 1981-12-31 | S |
11CW0151 | 2 | 1981-12-31 | S |
CA5812 | 2 | 1941-07-25 | S |
CA12290 | 2 | 1888-07-25 | O |
CA0216 | 2 | 1888-07-25 | O |
19CW0014 | 1 | 1888-07-25 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 936 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,198 AF — 128% of that, and 12th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,102 | 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 190 | 6.9 |
| 2011 | 1,404 | 14th lowest of 15 · 150% of median | 203 | 7.0 |
| 2012 | 602 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 173 | 6.0 |
| 2013 | 744 | 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 203 | 4.4 |
| 2014 | 936 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 193 | 5.1 |
| 2015 | 696 | 5th lowest of 15 · 74% of median | 200 | 5.8 |
| 2016 | 1,088 | 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 186 | 8.5 |
| 2017 | 786 | 7th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 192 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 376 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 40% of median | 112 | 13.9 |
| 2019 | 1,550 | 15th lowest of 15 · 166% of median | 199 | 10.2 |
| 2020 | 937 | 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 199 | 11.6 |
| 2021 | 373 | 1st lowest of 15 · 40% of median | 115 | 7.8 |
| 2022 | 624 | 4th lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 144 | 10.3 |
| 2023 | 1,307 | 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 196 | 9.2 |
| 2024 | 1,198 | 12th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 177 | 7.8 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 4 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 9247 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 87% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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