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MIDLAND DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4700774 · 1 · ILLINOIS RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:23 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
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 1887-04-01 — 94th 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: CUMBERLAND DITCH (1887-04-01). Immediately behind: NINE SIX NINE DITCH (1887-04-01).
Decreed rights (8)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13605.0 | 1887-04-01 | 1892-09-19 | 14.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 68(66) |
| 14053.0 | 1888-06-22 | 1892-09-19 | 6.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 149(136) |
| 17796.0 | 1898-09-21 | 1908-07-01 | 8.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 295 |
| 18506.0 | 1900-09-01 | 1902-04-23 | 15.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 306(286) |
| 21366.21305 | 1908-05-01 | 1913-01-06 | 6.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 355 |
| 24007.0 | 1915-09-24 | 1923-03-06 | 20.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 398 |
| 48516.0 | 1982-10-31 | 1982-12-31 | 10.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 50403.32718 | 1939-07-31 | 1988-12-31 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | STK |
Legal record & documents
18 decreed actions on record across
10 court cases:
88CW0113, 82CW0190, 21CW3048, CA3571, CA2891, 82CW0177, 09/03/1927, CA1783, CA1519, CA0922.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
88CW0113 | 1 | 1988-12-31 | S |
82CW0190 | 3 | 1982-12-31 | S |
21CW3048 | 1 | 1982-12-31 | S |
CA3571 | 2 | 1923-03-06 | O, S |
CA2891 | 3 | 1913-01-06 | S |
82CW0177 | 2 | 1913-01-06 | S |
09/03/1927 | 2 | 1913-01-06 | S |
CA1783 | 1 | 1908-07-01 | O |
CA1519 | 1 | 1902-04-23 | O |
CA0922 | 2 | 1892-09-19 | 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 2,865 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 2,185 AF — 76% of that, and 4th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9,218 | 15th lowest of 15 · 322% of median | 180 | 80.0 |
| 2012 | 2,865 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 112 | 20.6 |
| 2013 | 5,328 | 10th lowest of 15 · 186% of median | 107 | 37.4 |
| 2014 | 6,174 | 13th lowest of 15 · 216% of median | 114 | 47.5 |
| 2015 | 2,785 | 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 73 | 21.8 |
| 2016 | 5,344 | 11th lowest of 15 · 186% of median | 76 | 40.9 |
| 2017 | 1,196 | 1st lowest of 15 · 42% of median | 55 | 22.0 |
| 2018 | 1,648 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 91 | 18.7 |
| 2019 | 3,499 | 9th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 106 | 27.9 |
| 2020 | 2,830 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 77 | 34.0 |
| 2021 | 2,533 | 5th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 137 | 43.1 |
| 2022 | 5,896 | 12th lowest of 15 · 206% of median | 49 | 87.5 |
| 2023 | 6,738 | 14th lowest of 15 · 235% of median | 37 | 94.4 |
| 2024 | 1,242 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 43% of median | 30 | 22.4 |
| 2025 | 2,185 | 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 62 | 19.7 |
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 | 8 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 9725 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 63% of the irrigation seasons in 1953-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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