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TROY DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4700926 · 1 · OWL CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:54 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 1888-06-01 — 167th 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: SAND CREEK DITCH (1888-06-01). Immediately behind: RATTLER DITCH (1888-06-02).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14032.0 | 1888-06-01 | 1892-09-19 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 136(125) |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 246 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 246 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 163 | 6th lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 44 | 2.0 |
| 2010 | 256 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 72 | 3.0 |
| 2011 | 142 | 4th lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 14 | 5.5 |
| 2013 | 987 | 12th lowest of 15 · 401% of median | 119 | 5.1 |
| 2014 | 97 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 21 | 3.8 |
| 2015 | 508 | 11th lowest of 15 · 206% of median | 46 | 8.9 |
| 2016 | 1,308 | 15th lowest of 15 · 532% of median | 156 | 9.0 |
| 2017 | 1,181 | 14th lowest of 15 · 480% of median | 94 | 7.9 |
| 2018 | 129 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 52% of median | 14 | 5.0 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1st lowest of 15 · 11% of median | 8 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 291 | 10th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 97 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | 173 | 7th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 30 | 5.7 |
| 2022 | 1,153 | 13th lowest of 15 · 469% of median | 125 | 9.0 |
| 2024 | 148 | 5th lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 33 | 2.3 |
| 2025 | 246 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 69 | 1.9 |
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