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SODA CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5100892 · 1 · SODA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:18 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 1901-07-15 — 324th 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: MILLS GULCH DITCH (1864-06-01). Immediately behind: KOERBER DITCH (1903-06-01).

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
25394.188231901-07-151922-08-05 2.00.0 CIRRAUG 355

Recorded use (last 13 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 200 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2015, came in at 84 AF — 42% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 13 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
1975 399 13th lowest of 13 · 200% of median — 78 3.0
1976 204 8th lowest of 13 · 102% of median — 58 1.8
1978 147 3rd lowest of 13 · 74% of median — 38 2.0
1979 200 7th lowest of 13 · 100% of median — 49 2.1
1980 206 9th lowest of 13 · 103% of median — 53 2.0
1981 191 4th lowest of 13 · 96% of median — 72 1.9
1982 283 10th lowest of 13 · 142% of median — 79 2.0
1983 309 12th lowest of 13 · 154% of median — 79 2.0
2005 286 11th lowest of 13 · 143% of median — 81 3.7
2006 83 1st lowest of 13 · 42% of median — 43 1.0
2007 193 5th lowest of 13 · 96% of median — 40 2.5
2008 195 6th lowest of 13 · 98% of median — 69 2.0
2015 84 2nd lowest of 13 · 42% of median 84 86 0.5

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.