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KUNZE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5900610 · 1 · OHIO CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:25 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — 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 1931-07-01 — 730th most senior of the 2360 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: CARRON DITCH (1921-06-15). Immediately behind: MILTON WHITE DITCH (1933-07-02).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
30667.297661931-07-011941-04-29 3.00.0 CIRR 462

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 72 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 115 AF — 160% of that, and 11th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

YearDiverted (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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 320 15th lowest of 15 · 444% of median 123 4.0
2012 23 3rd lowest of 15 · 32% of median 45 0.3
2013 86 9th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 154 0.6
2014 19 2nd lowest of 15 · 26% of median 85 0.2
2015 128 13th lowest of 15 · 178% of median 135 1.0
2016 49 7th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 131 0.5
2017 132 14th lowest of 15 · 183% of median 149 1.8
2018 10 1st lowest of 15 · 14% of median 101 0.1
2019 34 4th lowest of 15 · 47% of median 131 0.2
2020 39 5th lowest of 15 · 54% of median 122 0.2
2021 72 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 135 0.5
2022 48 6th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 127 0.3
2023 118 12th lowest of 15 · 164% of median 141 1.0
2024 89 10th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 135 0.5
2025 115 11th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 172 1.2

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.