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SAND CREEK DITCH SYSTEM

Structure dossier · WDID 4800572 · 1 · DEADMAN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:50 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 1899-06-15 — 34th most senior of the 143 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: PARKER DITCH (1896-10-10). Immediately behind: BROWN DITCH PORTER CREEK (1900-09-10).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
18063.01899-06-151906-10-11 288.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,107 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,229 AF — 111% of that, and 9th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

YearDiverted (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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 647 3rd lowest of 15 · 58% of median 67 11.8
2011 1,074 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 49 41.0
2012 621 2nd lowest of 15 · 56% of median 70 10.3
2013 891 4th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 66 17.1
2014 1,795 15th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 91 36.2
2015 1,107 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 112 27.2
2016 296 1st lowest of 15 · 27% of median 46 12.3
2017 1,748 13th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 116 39.0
2018 1,259 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 111 24.0
2019 1,775 14th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 116 36.0
2020 980 5th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 87 28.5
2021 997 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 75 24.0
2022 1,290 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 89 26.5
2023 1,581 12th lowest of 15 · 143% of median 89 50.0
2024 1,229 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 62 36.0

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