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KINNEY DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5800717 · 1 · ELK RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:19 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 1902-10-15 — 469th most senior of the 3097 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: DRY LA CG (1907-03-01). Immediately behind: BEAVER CREEK DITCH (1903-05-07).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21077.1928 | 1902-10-15 | 1908-09-21 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 163-3-A |
| 33782.24988 | 1918-06-01 | 1946-09-14 | 2.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 314 |
| 47819.0 | 1980-12-03 | 1980-12-31 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | FIS | |
| 51300.0 | 1990-06-15 | 1990-12-31 | 0.3 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Legal record & documents
8 decreed actions on record across
7 court cases:
13CW3003, 97CW0005, 90CW0082, 85CW0119, 80CW0212, CA2475, 09/21/1908.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
13CW3003 | 1 | 2013-12-31 | S |
97CW0005 | 2 | 1990-12-31 | S |
90CW0082 | 1 | 1990-12-31 | S |
85CW0119 | 1 | 1980-12-31 | S |
80CW0212 | 1 | 1980-12-31 | S |
CA2475 | 1 | 1946-09-14 | S |
09/21/1908 | 1 | 1908-09-21 | 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 916 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 495 AF — 54% of that, and 2nd 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 | 822 | 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 120 | 6.6 |
| 2012 | 1,473 | 14th lowest of 15 · 161% of median | 215 | 5.4 |
| 2013 | 1,222 | 12th lowest of 15 · 133% of median | 155 | 7.5 |
| 2014 | 1,415 | 13th lowest of 15 · 154% of median | 150 | 8.2 |
| 2015 | 928 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 149 | 5.7 |
| 2016 | 1,182 | 11th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 144 | 7.5 |
| 2017 | 853 | 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 153 | 6.1 |
| 2018 | 1,657 | 15th lowest of 15 · 181% of median | 168 | 9.0 |
| 2019 | 1,098 | 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 97 | 7.0 |
| 2020 | 724 | 4th lowest of 15 · 79% of median | 148 | 6.3 |
| 2021 | 470 | 1st lowest of 15 · 51% of median | 155 | 2.2 |
| 2022 | 643 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 172 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 795 | 5th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 152 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 916 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 153 | 6.8 |
| 2025 | 495 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 169 | 3.2 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use is falling over its last 15 recorded years (-45 AF/yr, Mann-Kendall p=0.023).
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 | 4 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 9580 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 51% of the irrigation seasons in 1938-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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