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KEIL DITCH & LAKE

Structure dossier · WDID 4300743 · 1 · SOUTH FORK WHITE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:21 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

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 1955-05-29 — 1161st 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: HILL CREEK NO 3 DITCH (1955-05-29). Immediately behind: PHILLIPS DITCH (1955-05-29).

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
38499.01955-05-291958-11-26 2.00.0 CIRRRECFIS 568

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 266 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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)
2003 233 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 68 2.0
2004 178 6th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 74 2.0
2005 142 3rd lowest of 15 · 53% of median 53 2.0
2006 337 12th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 89 2.0
2007 460 15th lowest of 15 · 173% of median 120 2.0
2008 143 4th lowest of 15 · 54% of median 42 2.0
2009 325 11th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 89 2.0
2010 282 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 76 2.0
2011 399 13th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 92 3.0
2012 266 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 75 2.0
2013 305 10th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 83 2.0
2014 409 14th lowest of 15 · 154% of median 107 2.0
2016 171 5th lowest of 15 · 64% of median 55 1.6
2017 135 2nd lowest of 15 · 51% of median 57 1.3
2023 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0

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 1961 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 28% of the irrigation seasons in 1990-2023 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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