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MIDDLE FORK CUTTHROAT PONDS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5401139 · 1 · LITTLE SNAKE 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 (a1c9146) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Where it sits in line

Priority 2000-05-03 — 576th most senior of the 724 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: SALT FLAT SPRING (1934-06-28). Immediately behind: UPPER MEADOW PONDS DITCH (2000-05-03).

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
54910.02000-05-032000-12-31 16.00.0 CSTORECFISEVPWLD

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,366 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 123 AF — 9% 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)
2007 608 5th lowest of 15 · 44% of median 365 2.0
2008 774 6th lowest of 15 · 57% of median 366 2.3
2009 1,440 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 349 8.0
2010 4,419 15th lowest of 15 · 324% of median 365 16.0
2011 3,384 11th lowest of 15 · 248% of median 365 16.0
2012 3,388 12th lowest of 15 · 248% of median 366 10.0
2013 4,360 14th lowest of 15 · 319% of median 365 16.0
2014 4,106 13th lowest of 15 · 301% of median 365 12.0
2015 2,644 10th lowest of 15 · 194% of median 304 12.0
2016 796 7th lowest of 15 · 58% of median 118 3.4
2018 250 3rd lowest of 15 · 18% of median 148 0.9
2019 254 4th lowest of 15 · 19% of median 189 1.5
2020 81 1st lowest of 15 · 6% of median 305 0.2
2023 1,366 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 154 4.5
2025 123 2nd lowest of 15 · 9% of median 124 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.