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LOWLAND DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4300777 · 1 · WHITE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 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 1886-11-06 — 67th 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: EMILY DITCH (1886-11-05). Immediately behind: B M & H DITCH 1 (1887-03-10).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13459.0 | 1886-11-06 | 1889-05-10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 54 |
| 13952.0 | 1888-03-13 | 1889-05-10 | 0.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 88 |
| 18539.14458 | 1889-08-01 | 1902-04-15 | 6.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 126 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 695 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 784 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,061 | 11th lowest of 15 · 153% of median | 69 | 10.0 |
| 2012 | 1,392 | 14th lowest of 15 · 200% of median | 97 | 8.4 |
| 2013 | 252 | 4th lowest of 15 · 36% of median | 24 | 8.5 |
| 2014 | 333 | 5th lowest of 15 · 48% of median | 26 | 8.4 |
| 2015 | 1,995 | 15th lowest of 15 · 287% of median | 111 | 11.5 |
| 2016 | 674 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 45 | 9.8 |
| 2017 | 1,093 | 13th lowest of 15 · 157% of median | 56 | 10.2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 1,062 | 12th lowest of 15 · 153% of median | 59 | 9.2 |
| 2022 | 695 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 59 | 7.4 |
| 2023 | 799 | 10th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 80 | 9.2 |
| 2024 | 573 | 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 45 | 10.0 |
| 2025 | 784 | 9th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 61 | 13.3 |
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