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MOORE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4500695 · 1 · GARFIELD CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 03:51 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 1881-06-10 — 2nd 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: GOLDMAN DITCH PUMP & PL (1880-04-01). Immediately behind: MURRAY AND YULE DITCH (1881-06-10).
Decreed rights (20)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11484.0 | 1881-06-10 | 1888-05-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 1 |
| 11854.0 | 1882-06-15 | 1888-05-05 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 3 |
| 12175.0 | 1883-05-02 | 1888-05-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 11 |
| 12178.0 | 1883-05-05 | 1888-05-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 12 |
| 12205.0 | 1883-06-01 | 1888-05-05 | 1.33 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 14 |
| 12534.0 | 1884-04-25 | 1888-05-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 21 |
| 13103.0 | 1885-11-15 | 1888-05-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 43 |
| 13294.0 | 1886-05-25 | 1888-05-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 54 |
| 13605.0 | 1887-04-01 | 1888-05-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 74 |
| 15804.14694 | 1890-03-25 | 1893-12-20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 109A |
| 15804.14713 | 1890-04-13 | 1893-12-20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 109B |
| 15804.14809 | 1890-07-18 | 1893-12-20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 109C |
| 20515.16065 | 1893-12-25 | 1906-03-06 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 117AAAA |
| 22153.2062 | 1906-06-16 | 1910-11-14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 138A |
| 23300.22747 | 1912-04-12 | 1913-11-10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 145AA |
| 24052.13641 | 1887-05-07 | 1916-05-15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 79A |
| 33007.32262 | 1938-05-01 | 1941-07-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 172I |
| 33099.18383 | 1900-05-01 | 1941-07-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | DOM16 |
| 33099.30801 | 1934-05-01 | 1941-07-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | DOM17 |
| 33099.32262 | 1938-05-01 | 1941-07-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 172A, 172B |
Legal record & documents
29 decreed actions on record across
3 court cases:
W3262, CA1405, CA0089.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W3262 | 25 | 1941-07-23 | O, S |
CA1405 | 1 | 1888-05-05 | O |
CA0089 | 3 | 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 23 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 139 AF — 604% of that, and 15th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 8 | 4th lowest of 15 · 35% of median | — | 6 | 1.0 |
| 2003 | 102 | 13th lowest of 15 · 444% of median | — | 48 | 1.9 |
| 2005 | 23 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 72 | 0.2 |
| 2007 | 34 | 9th lowest of 15 · 148% of median | — | 172 | 0.1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | — | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | — | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 17% of median | 4 | 61 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 76 | 11th lowest of 15 · 330% of median | 18 | 304 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 12 | 200 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 92 | 12th lowest of 15 · 400% of median | 92 | 200 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 16 | 164 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 49 | 10th lowest of 15 · 213% of median | 29 | 202 | 0.3 |
| 2022 | 21 | 7th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 21 | 214 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 109 | 14th lowest of 15 · 474% of median | 106 | 214 | 0.3 |
| 2024 | 139 | 15th lowest of 15 · 604% of median | 106 | 214 | 0.3 |
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 B (8/10 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 | 20 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 5317 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 50% 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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