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MULTA-TRINA DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4500704 · 1 · WEST DIVIDE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 03:45 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 1906-09-01 — 214th 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: PHILLIPS WELL (1920-01-31). Immediately behind: GARDNER DITCH (CACHE CR) (1916-10-25).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25758.20697 | 1906-09-01 | 1920-11-26 | 49.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 152 |
| 53325.22482 | 1911-07-22 | 1996-12-31 | 0.75 | 0.0 | C | IRRSTK |
Legal record & documents
8 decreed actions on record across
5 court cases:
96CW0287, CA1980, CA1507, 82CW0138, 06CW0039.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
96CW0287 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
CA1980 | 1 | 1920-11-26 | S |
CA1507 | 3 | 1920-11-26 | S |
82CW0138 | 2 | 1920-11-26 | S |
06CW0039 | 1 | 1920-11-26 | S |
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 3,732 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 5,180 AF — 139% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,496 | 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 157 | 51.5 |
| 2011 | 7,080 | 14th lowest of 15 · 190% of median | 365 | 62.7 |
| 2012 | 943 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 25% of median | 366 | 9.5 |
| 2013 | 2,084 | 5th lowest of 15 · 56% of median | 365 | 32.7 |
| 2014 | 6,632 | 12th lowest of 15 · 178% of median | 365 | 59.8 |
| 2015 | 6,935 | 13th lowest of 15 · 186% of median | 365 | 61.1 |
| 2016 | 5,534 | 10th lowest of 15 · 148% of median | 366 | 56.5 |
| 2017 | 2,109 | 6th lowest of 15 · 56% of median | 365 | 46.8 |
| 2018 | 1,272 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 34% of median | 365 | 48.1 |
| 2019 | 7,251 | 15th lowest of 15 · 194% of median | 365 | 52.4 |
| 2020 | 1,483 | 4th lowest of 15 · 40% of median | 366 | 32.9 |
| 2021 | 624 | 1st lowest of 15 · 17% of median | 365 | 13.3 |
| 2022 | 3,732 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 365 | 50.3 |
| 2023 | 6,380 | 11th lowest of 15 · 171% of median | 365 | 55.4 |
| 2024 | 5,180 | 9th lowest of 15 · 139% of median | 305 | 52.8 |
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 | 2 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 9630 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 91% 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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