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STEWART IRRIGATING DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5300810 · 1 · COLORADO RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:30 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1882-08-15 — 1st 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 behind: CLYDE DITCH (1883-04-20).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11915.0 | 1882-08-15 | 1890-11-20 | 2.4 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 1 |
| 13593.0 | 1887-03-20 | 1890-11-20 | 0.7 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 47 |
| 13954.0 | 1888-03-15 | 1890-11-20 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 70 |
| 33023.20544 | 1906-04-01 | 1956-02-07 | 6.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 283 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,199 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,693 AF — 141% of that, and 13th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 993 | 6th lowest of 15 · 83% of median | — | 58 | 9.6 |
| 1988 | 1,694 | 15th lowest of 15 · 141% of median | — | 158 | 6.5 |
| 1989 | 1,111 | 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | — | 65 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 329 | 4th lowest of 15 · 27% of median | — | 48 | 3.6 |
| 1995 | 83 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 7% of median | — | 38 | 1.2 |
| 1996 | 71 | 1st lowest of 15 · 6% of median | — | 37 | 1.0 |
| 2012 | 761 | 5th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 761 | 124 | 3.1 |
| 2015 | 1,199 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 1,199 | 168 | 3.6 |
| 2017 | 1,232 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 1,232 | 154 | 4.1 |
| 2018 | 1,232 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 1,232 | 154 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | 204 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 17% of median | — | 172 | 0.6 |
| 2021 | 1,557 | 11th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 1,557 | 184 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | 1,557 | 11th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 1,557 | 184 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 1,693 | 13th lowest of 15 · 141% of median | 1,693 | 200 | 4.3 |
| 2024 | 1,693 | 13th lowest of 15 · 141% of median | 1,693 | 200 | 4.3 |
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