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BATTLEMENT DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4500514 · 1 · BATTLEMENT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:27 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 1884-06-12 — 25th most senior of the 1378 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: BOULTON AND BANTA DITCH (1884-05-22). Immediately behind: H AND S DITCH (1884-11-20).

Decreed rights (7)

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
12582.01884-06-121888-05-05 1.670.0 CIRRAUGOTH 25
12936.01885-06-011888-05-05 6.670.0 CIRR 33
13673.01887-06-081888-05-05 3.00.0 CIRR 81
13716.01887-07-211888-05-05 3.330.0 CIRR 85
15307.151161891-05-211893-04-08 2.00.0 CIRR 110
19811.125821884-06-121904-03-30 1.170.0 CDOMSTKAUG DOM1
57708.538331997-05-222008-12-31 3.060.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,632 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,632 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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)
2010 2,486 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 365 14.7
2011 3,237 13th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 304 16.7
2012 1,915 4th lowest of 15 · 73% of median 250 8.3
2013 2,368 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 345 14.7
2014 3,083 12th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 363 19.4
2015 2,748 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 362 18.0
2016 2,668 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 366 16.0
2017 2,753 11th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 354 14.7
2018 1,892 3rd lowest of 15 · 72% of median 350 8.3
2019 3,349 14th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 277 19.7
2020 1,752 1st lowest of 15 · 67% of median 255 8.3
2021 1,758 2nd lowest of 15 · 67% of median 274 8.3
2022 2,292 5th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 238 14.7
2023 3,813 15th lowest of 15 · 145% of median 365 18.4
2024 2,632 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 305 16.7

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