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MINEOTA DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4500693 · 1 · DIVIDE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:11 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 1882-05-25 — 4th 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: MURRAY AND YULE DITCH (1881-06-10). Immediately behind: EAST DIVIDE CREEK DITCH (1882-08-09).
Decreed rights (9)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11833.0 | 1882-05-25 | 1888-05-05 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 2 |
| 11950.0 | 1882-09-19 | 1888-05-05 | 0.17 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 5 |
| 12174.0 | 1883-05-01 | 1888-05-05 | 1.58 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 10 |
| 12512.0 | 1884-04-03 | 1888-05-05 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 20 |
| 13623.0 | 1887-04-19 | 1888-05-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 77 |
| 13926.0 | 1888-02-16 | 1888-05-05 | 0.53 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 105 |
| 19047.15811 | 1893-04-15 | 1902-06-02 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 115 |
| 37681.34454 | 1944-05-01 | 1965-07-09 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTKAUG | 243 |
| 41799.0 | 1964-06-10 | 1965-07-09 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTKAUG | 275 |
Legal record & documents
35 decreed actions on record across
8 court cases:
95CW0327, CA4954, 98CW0131, 06CW0035, CA0962, CA0976, CA0089, 02CW0080.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
95CW0327 | 1 | 1995-12-31 | S |
CA4954 | 2 | 1965-07-09 | S |
98CW0131 | 16 | 1965-07-09 | O, S |
06CW0035 | 1 | 1965-07-09 | S |
CA0962 | 1 | 1902-06-02 | S |
CA0976 | 10 | 1888-05-05 | O |
CA0089 | 3 | 1888-05-05 | O |
02CW0080 | 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 2,085 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,154 AF — 103% of that, and 9th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,511 | 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | — | 176 | 15.0 |
| 2011 | 3,015 | 14th lowest of 15 · 145% of median | — | 152 | 18.0 |
| 2012 | 2,052 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | — | 183 | 13.5 |
| 2013 | 1,626 | 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | — | 154 | 14.5 |
| 2014 | 2,908 | 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | — | 176 | 19.5 |
| 2015 | 3,340 | 15th lowest of 15 · 160% of median | — | 178 | 14.5 |
| 2016 | 2,276 | 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | — | 156 | 15.0 |
| 2017 | 2,414 | 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | — | 170 | 14.4 |
| 2018 | 1,512 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 72% of median | — | 165 | 14.4 |
| 2019 | 2,085 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 155 | 14.4 |
| 2020 | 1,618 | 4th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | — | 163 | 14.4 |
| 2021 | 1,005 | 1st lowest of 15 · 48% of median | — | 103 | 13.5 |
| 2022 | 1,245 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 60% of median | — | 121 | 11.1 |
| 2023 | 1,657 | 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | — | 105 | 14.4 |
| 2024 | 2,154 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | — | 156 | 13.5 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use is falling over its last 15 recorded years (-89 AF/yr, Mann-Kendall p=0.048).
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 | 9 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 9015 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 85% 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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