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HUNTLEY DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4500638 · 1 · BATTLEMENT CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:38 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 1885-03-01 — 29th 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: HYRUP ALTERNATE POINT (1885-02-23). Immediately behind: DOW PUMP PL & PL ALT 3 (1885-03-15).
Decreed rights (6)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12844.0 | 1885-03-01 | 1888-05-05 | 1.67 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 28 |
| 13583.0 | 1887-03-10 | 1888-05-05 | 4.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 68 |
| 13907.0 | 1888-01-28 | 1888-05-05 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 103 |
| 17367.1409 | 1888-07-29 | 1898-04-04 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 108A |
| 19673.12844 | 1885-03-01 | 1903-12-28 | 0.83 | 0.0 | C | DOMSTK | DOM3 |
| 51134.12844 | 1885-03-01 | 1990-12-31 | 0.033 | 0.0 | C | STK |
Legal record & documents
27 decreed actions on record across
13 court cases:
90CW0126, W2012, 03CW0049, CA1080, CA1093, CA0711, 05CW0281, W0149, CA2134, CA1799 and 3 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
90CW0126 | 1 | 1990-12-31 | S |
W2012 | 1 | 1973-12-31 | S |
03CW0049 | 1 | 1973-12-31 | S |
CA1080 | 1 | 1903-12-28 | S |
CA1093 | 1 | 1898-04-04 | S |
CA0711 | 2 | 1898-04-04 | S |
05CW0281 | 6 | 1898-04-04 | O, S |
W0149 | 1 | 1888-05-05 | O |
CA2134 | 2 | 1888-05-05 | O |
CA1799 | 1 | 1888-05-05 | O |
CA0089 | 5 | 1888-05-05 | O |
20CW3057 | 4 | 1888-05-05 | O |
05/05/1888 | 1 | 1888-05-05 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,228 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,060 AF — 86% of that, and 5th 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 | 1,109 | 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 365 | 7.6 |
| 2011 | 1,830 | 15th lowest of 15 · 149% of median | 304 | 12.0 |
| 2012 | 799 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 65% of median | 263 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 1,214 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 354 | 6.2 |
| 2014 | 1,541 | 13th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 363 | 11.2 |
| 2015 | 1,357 | 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 362 | 10.7 |
| 2016 | 1,430 | 12th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 366 | 11.2 |
| 2017 | 1,301 | 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 349 | 11.2 |
| 2018 | 827 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 353 | 5.1 |
| 2019 | 1,750 | 14th lowest of 15 · 142% of median | 277 | 18.0 |
| 2020 | 763 | 1st lowest of 15 · 62% of median | 291 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 1,047 | 4th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 365 | 4.8 |
| 2022 | 1,228 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 264 | 6.2 |
| 2023 | 1,357 | 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 195 | 7.8 |
| 2024 | 1,060 | 5th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 211 | 7.1 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 6 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 15123 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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