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WHITESIDE NO 3 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5300877 · 1 · CABIN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:39 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 1890-08-09 — 113th 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: MIDDLE DERBY DITCH (1890-07-25). Immediately behind: ELK HEAD DITCH (1890-09-01).

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
14831.01890-08-091890-11-20 1.00.0 CIRR 140

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 177 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 118 AF — 67% of that, and 2nd 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)
2001 175 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 89 1.0
2002 149 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 76 1.0
2003 196 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 100 1.0
2004 119 3rd lowest of 15 · 67% of median 61 1.0
2005 238 14th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 121 1.0
2006 206 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 105 1.0
2007 208 12th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 106 1.0
2008 188 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 96 1.0
2009 161 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 82 1.0
2010 212 13th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 108 1.0
2011 149 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 76 1.0
2012 177 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 79 1.5
2013 97 1st lowest of 15 · 55% of median 50 1.0
2016 291 15th lowest of 15 · 164% of median 121 1.5
2019 118 2nd lowest of 15 · 67% of median 47 1.6

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 2651 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 28% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2019 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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