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RIVER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5300772 · 1 · SWEETWATER CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:09 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1916-06-04 — 239th most senior of the 1231 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: D D DITCH (1916-07-14). Immediately behind: MACFARLANE DITCH (1901-06-30).

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
24900.242611916-06-041919-06-23 3.00.0 CIRR 258

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 97 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2020, came in at 324 AF — 334% of that, and 15th 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)
2004 76 4th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 78 0.5
2005 72 1st lowest of 15 · 74% of median 74 0.5
2006 75 3rd lowest of 15 · 77% of median 77 0.5
2007 81 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 83 0.5
2008 90 6th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 92 0.5
2009 167 12th lowest of 15 · 172% of median 120 1.0
2010 156 11th lowest of 15 · 161% of median 77 1.4
2011 289 14th lowest of 15 · 298% of median 86 2.0
2012 109 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 50 1.5
2013 97 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 45 1.5
2015 250 13th lowest of 15 · 258% of median 79 2.0
2016 91 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 76 1.6
2017 143 10th lowest of 15 · 147% of median 53 1.5
2018 73 2nd lowest of 15 · 75% of median 24 1.6
2020 324 15th lowest of 15 · 334% of median 72 2.3

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 2576 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 27% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2020 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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