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QUEEN DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4700847 · 1 · MICHIGAN RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:32 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1898-10-11 — 291st 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: DRY CRK DITCH RILEY CRK (1898-08-24). Immediately behind: SMITH DITCH (1899-09-15).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17816.0 | 1898-10-11 | 1902-04-23 | 16.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 297(282) |
| 50403.32659 | 1939-06-02 | 1988-12-31 | 4.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 50403.32779 | 1939-09-30 | 1988-12-31 | 1.8 | 0.0 | C | STK |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,347 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,126 AF — 84% 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 | 1,854 | 12th lowest of 15 · 138% of median | 62 | 21.9 |
| 2012 | 966 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 72% of median | 55 | 19.0 |
| 2013 | 1,649 | 11th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 50 | 18.5 |
| 2014 | 2,370 | 15th lowest of 15 · 176% of median | 64 | 35.5 |
| 2015 | 2,051 | 13th lowest of 15 · 152% of median | 76 | 19.9 |
| 2016 | 1,347 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 57 | 18.1 |
| 2017 | 2,294 | 14th lowest of 15 · 170% of median | 118 | 18.1 |
| 2018 | 1,506 | 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 88 | 16.0 |
| 2019 | 1,185 | 6th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 36 | 18.1 |
| 2020 | 1,377 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 79 | 16.0 |
| 2021 | 924 | 1st lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 54 | 12.9 |
| 2022 | 993 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 74% of median | 69 | 8.6 |
| 2023 | 1,266 | 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 63 | 13.3 |
| 2024 | 1,157 | 5th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 71 | 22.6 |
| 2025 | 1,126 | 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 47 | 18.5 |
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