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TEMPKE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5700599 · 1 · TROUT CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:03 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 1891-05-26 — 64th most senior of the 1003 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: JEFFERSON DITCH (1901-07-09). Immediately behind: REDBIRD DITCH (1895-07-17).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18885.15121 | 1891-05-26 | 1902-09-15 | 1.33 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | 55 |
| 48435.0 | 1982-08-11 | 1982-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 54786.45836 | 1975-06-30 | 2000-12-31 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRFISDOMSTK |
Legal record & documents
9 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
07CW0065, 00CW0077, 17CW0005, W0753-74, 09/15/1902, 00CW0076.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
07CW0065 | 2 | 2000-12-31 | S |
00CW0077 | 2 | 2000-12-31 | S |
17CW0005 | 1 | 1982-12-31 | S |
W0753-74 | 2 | 1902-09-15 | S |
09/15/1902 | 1 | 1902-09-15 | S |
00CW0076 | 1 | 1902-09-15 | S |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,091 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 62 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 6% of median | 71 | 0.4 |
| 2012 | 635 | 6th lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 161 | 2.0 |
| 2013 | 569 | 5th lowest of 15 · 52% of median | 138 | 3.0 |
| 2014 | 1,300 | 10th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 123 | 6.0 |
| 2015 | 450 | 4th lowest of 15 · 41% of median | 103 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | 1,604 | 14th lowest of 15 · 147% of median | 75 | 14.2 |
| 2017 | 1,091 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 126 | 6.2 |
| 2018 | 425 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 32 | 7.8 |
| 2019 | 1,580 | 12th lowest of 15 · 145% of median | 133 | 10.4 |
| 2020 | 1,598 | 13th lowest of 15 · 146% of median | 144 | 11.3 |
| 2021 | 740 | 7th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 136 | 8.2 |
| 2022 | 1,428 | 11th lowest of 15 · 131% of median | 77 | 20.2 |
| 2023 | 1,845 | 15th lowest of 15 · 169% of median | 134 | 10.6 |
| 2024 | 1,200 | 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 101 | 6.1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
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
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 3 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 4857 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 25% of the irrigation seasons in 1934-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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