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DOG TOWN DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4300603 · 1 · FOURTEENMILE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1903-10-15 — 1010th most senior of the 3293 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: SIMPSON DITCH (1903-07-22). Immediately behind: MELLINGER DITCH (1904-03-17).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32172.19645 | 1903-10-15 | 1942-05-26 | 0.44 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 409 |
| 32172.24592 | 1917-05-01 | 1942-05-26 | 1.04 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 467-E |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 60 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 201 | 14th lowest of 15 · 335% of median | 90 | 2.0 |
| 2006 | 131 | 11th lowest of 15 · 218% of median | 47 | 1.5 |
| 2007 | 60 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 49 | 1.0 |
| 2008 | 193 | 13th lowest of 15 · 322% of median | 137 | 1.5 |
| 2009 | 63 | 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 33 | 1.5 |
| 2010 | 203 | 15th lowest of 15 · 338% of median | 154 | 1.5 |
| 2011 | 192 | 12th lowest of 15 · 320% of median | 80 | 1.5 |
| 2012 | 15 | 4th lowest of 15 · 25% of median | 35 | 0.2 |
| 2013 | 56 | 6th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 59 | 0.5 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 4 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 63 | 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 49 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | 59 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 34 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 50 | 5th lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 37 | 0.7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
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