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EDITH DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4700607 · 1 · BEAVER CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1886-05-01 — 75th most senior of the 1262 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: SOLDIERS HOME DITCH (1886-04-30). Immediately behind: RICHMOND DITCH (1886-05-05).
Decreed rights (1)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13270.0 | 1886-05-01 | 1892-09-19 | 7.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 27 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 75 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 849 AF — 1132% of that, and 14th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 79 | 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 41 | 1.0 |
| 1979 | 79 | 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 41 | 1.0 |
| 1980 | 60 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 31 | 1.0 |
| 1981 | 50 | 1st lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 26 | 1.0 |
| 1982 | 60 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 31 | 1.0 |
| 1983 | 60 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 31 | 1.0 |
| 1984 | 60 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 31 | 1.0 |
| 1985 | 60 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 31 | 1.0 |
| 1986 | 60 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 32 | 1.0 |
| 2010 | 323 | 12th lowest of 15 · 431% of median | 46 | 6.0 |
| 2012 | 262 | 11th lowest of 15 · 349% of median | 67 | 4.0 |
| 2013 | 75 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 20 | 2.0 |
| 2014 | 1,578 | 15th lowest of 15 · 2104% of median | 159 | 7.5 |
| 2015 | 571 | 13th lowest of 15 · 761% of median | 73 | 4.0 |
| 2019 | 849 | 14th lowest of 15 · 1132% of median | 72 | 8.6 |
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