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RAEDEL DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5100841 · 1 · STILLWATER CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:27 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 1889-06-24 — 83rd most senior of the 2208 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: BUTTON NO 5 DITCH (1889-06-20). Immediately behind: TERRELL NO 2 DITCH (1889-08-01).

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
14420.01889-06-241906-08-11 4.330.0 CIRRMUNCOMRECFISFIRDOMAUG 80A

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 200 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 160 AF — 80% of that, and 5th 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)
2008 225 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 42 4.0
2009 534 15th lowest of 15 · 267% of median 63 4.7
2010 357 13th lowest of 15 · 178% of median 48 4.0
2011 223 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 50 2.5
2012 248 11th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 79 3.0
2013 489 14th lowest of 15 · 244% of median 52 6.0
2014 32 2nd lowest of 15 · 16% of median 44 0.5
2015 200 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 40 5.1
2016 165 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 34 3.0
2017 131 3rd lowest of 15 · 66% of median 42 2.5
2018 12 1st lowest of 15 · 6% of median 28 0.3
2019 155 4th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 35 2.7
2020 344 12th lowest of 15 · 172% of median 59 6.0
2021 168 7th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 56 3.5
2022 160 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 46 2.1

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 2563 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 25% 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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