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LITTLE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4300769 · 1 · WHITE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:26 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1886-04-05 — 44th 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: PROCTER RESERVOIR (1886-04-01). Immediately behind: HIGHLAND DITCH (1886-05-01).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13244.0 | 1886-04-05 | 1889-05-10 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 33 |
| 20731.18718 | 1901-04-01 | 1906-10-10 | 2.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 161 |
| 32172.19097 | 1902-04-15 | 1942-05-26 | 4.08 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 395 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,071 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,209 AF — 113% of that, and 9th 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 | 1,587 | 10th lowest of 15 · 148% of median | 114 | 8.0 |
| 2011 | 1,027 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 57 | 10.0 |
| 2012 | 970 | 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 99 | 10.0 |
| 2013 | 928 | 5th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 84 | 6.0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 334 | 4th lowest of 15 · 31% of median | 35 | 5.1 |
| 2017 | 184 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 17% of median | 72 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 193 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 18% of median | 99 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | 2,774 | 14th lowest of 15 · 259% of median | 102 | 22.9 |
| 2020 | 4,624 | 15th lowest of 15 · 432% of median | 149 | 18.8 |
| 2021 | 1,637 | 11th lowest of 15 · 153% of median | 103 | 11.6 |
| 2022 | 2,116 | 12th lowest of 15 · 198% of median | 91 | 25.0 |
| 2023 | 2,648 | 13th lowest of 15 · 247% of median | 131 | 20.9 |
| 2024 | 1,071 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 121 | 9.2 |
| 2025 | 1,209 | 9th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 105 | 11.0 |
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