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KURTZ DITCH NO 3

Structure dossier · WDID 5000594 · 1 · TROUBLESOME CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:44 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 1892-08-10 — 50th most senior of the 360 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: MISSOURI DITCH (1892-06-02). Immediately behind: BURK SPRING DITCH (1892-10-01).

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
15563.01892-08-101906-08-11 2.00.0 CIRR 50

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 154 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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)
2005 231 14th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 100 2.0
2006 125 7th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 52 1.8
2007 201 11th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 57 2.1
2008 201 11th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 61 2.2
2009 154 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 42 2.2
2010 204 13th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 55 2.3
2011 304 15th lowest of 15 · 197% of median 55 3.3
2012 119 6th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 43 1.7
2013 88 5th lowest of 15 · 57% of median 38 1.8
2014 171 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 44 2.3
2015 158 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 45 2.1
2016 33 3rd lowest of 15 · 21% of median 15 1.2
2017 71 4th lowest of 15 · 46% of median 34 1.3
2018 15 2nd lowest of 15 · 10% of median 19 0.5
2022 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 214 0.0

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 2007 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 20% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2022 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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