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TROUT CREEK DITCH 3
Structure dossier · WDID 5700608 · 1 · TROUT CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:45 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 1889-03-14 — 34th 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: DENNIS & BLEWITT DITCH (1888-11-14). Immediately behind: CONNELL DITCH (1889-08-15).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14318.0 | 1889-03-14 | 1892-09-22 | 7.66 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRINDFIRPWRALL | 40 |
| 39925.35184 | 1946-05-01 | 1962-11-15 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRINDFIRPWRALL | A-12 |
Legal record & documents
6 decreed actions on record across
3 court cases:
W1502-78, CA3081, 09/22/1892.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W1502-78 | 4 | 1962-11-15 | O, S |
CA3081 | 1 | 1962-11-15 | S |
09/22/1892 | 1 | 1892-09-22 | O |
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 545 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 846 AF — 155% of that, and 13th 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 | 545 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 60 | 8.0 |
| 2011 | 587 | 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 38 | 8.0 |
| 2012 | 347 | 1st lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 135 | 1.9 |
| 2013 | 447 | 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 54 | 5.1 |
| 2014 | 429 | 5th lowest of 15 · 79% of median | 99 | 3.1 |
| 2016 | 790 | 12th lowest of 15 · 145% of median | 34 | 17.2 |
| 2017 | 419 | 4th lowest of 15 · 77% of median | 42 | 8.6 |
| 2018 | 2,306 | 15th lowest of 15 · 423% of median | 84 | 14.5 |
| 2019 | 391 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 72% of median | 32 | 13.9 |
| 2020 | 493 | 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 53 | 7.3 |
| 2021 | 392 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 72% of median | 48 | 13.5 |
| 2022 | 739 | 10th lowest of 15 · 136% of median | 77 | 13.7 |
| 2023 | 766 | 11th lowest of 15 · 141% of median | 45 | 16.0 |
| 2024 | 1,521 | 14th lowest of 15 · 279% of median | 114 | 17.0 |
| 2025 | 846 | 13th lowest of 15 · 155% of median | 65 | 12.0 |
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 (8/10 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 | 2 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 8786 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 45% 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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