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STANLEY DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5100903 · 1 · COLORADO RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:48 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 in line

Priority 1903-12-31 — 304th 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: WILLOW DITCH (SMITH CREEK) (1892-06-01). Immediately behind: BUEHLER NO 1 DITCH (1905-12-31).

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
23817.197221903-12-311917-08-11 1.1250.0 CIRRDOM 324

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 150 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 234 AF — 156% of that, and 13th 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 216 12th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 60 2.2
2011 336 15th lowest of 15 · 224% of median 77 2.8
2012 142 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 44 2.2
2013 119 5th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 48 1.4
2014 252 14th lowest of 15 · 168% of median 78 2.6
2015 172 9th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 42 2.7
2016 175 10th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 51 2.5
2017 191 11th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 57 2.0
2018 150 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 67 2.0
2019 68 2nd lowest of 15 · 45% of median 45 1.0
2020 126 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 38 2.5
2021 95 4th lowest of 15 · 63% of median 48 1.5
2022 35 1st lowest of 15 · 23% of median 42 1.7
2023 82 3rd lowest of 15 · 55% of median 42 1.5
2024 234 13th lowest of 15 · 156% of median 61 4.4

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.