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TODD CREEK DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5800904 · 1 · TODD CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:56 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 1886-05-01 — 575th 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: LA FORCE RES 3 (1911-06-30). Immediately behind: BEAVER CREEK DITCH #2 (1886-05-01).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26939.1327 | 1886-05-01 | 1923-11-21 | 0.38 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 18AA |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 13 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 5 AF — 38% of that, and 4th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 34 | 11th lowest of 15 · 262% of median | 64 | 0.4 |
| 2010 | 29 | 10th lowest of 15 · 223% of median | 108 | 0.3 |
| 2011 | 34 | 11th lowest of 15 · 262% of median | 58 | 0.3 |
| 2012 | 34 | 11th lowest of 15 · 262% of median | 130 | 0.2 |
| 2013 | 40 | 14th lowest of 15 · 308% of median | 70 | 0.3 |
| 2014 | 65 | 15th lowest of 15 · 500% of median | 106 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 19 | 9th lowest of 15 · 146% of median | 31 | 0.4 |
| 2018 | 13 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 105 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 5 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 93 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 15% of median | 85 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 13 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 52 | 0.2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5th lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 67 | 0.1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4th lowest of 15 · 38% of median | 30 | 0.1 |
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