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TOW CREEK DITCH 1
Structure dossier · WDID 5700603 · 1 · TOW CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:49 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 1883-11-17 — 12th 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: MARSHALL RBTS SAGE CK HG (1883-07-03). Immediately behind: CHENEY DITCH (1886-05-15).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12374.0 | 1883-11-17 | 1892-09-22 | 1.7 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 7 |
| 14762.0 | 1890-06-01 | 1892-09-22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 52 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 40 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 12 AF — 30% of that, and 5th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 204 | 14th lowest of 15 · 510% of median | 45 | 3.0 |
| 2012 | 12 | 5th lowest of 15 · 30% of median | 13 | 0.5 |
| 2013 | 40 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 25 | 1.1 |
| 2014 | 105 | 11th lowest of 15 · 262% of median | 45 | 1.2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 5 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 5 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 43 | 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 32 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 6 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 80 | 10th lowest of 15 · 200% of median | 33 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | 31 | 7th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 31 | 0.6 |
| 2022 | 138 | 12th lowest of 15 · 345% of median | 58 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 270 | 15th lowest of 15 · 675% of median | 45 | 4.2 |
| 2024 | 140 | 13th lowest of 15 · 350% of median | 46 | 2.0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 5th lowest of 15 · 30% of median | 15 | 0.8 |
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