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CARPENTER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6000548 · 1 · COTTONWOOD CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:02 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 1887-02-01 — 21st most senior of the 2893 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: GOULDING DITCH (1886-10-31). Immediately behind: LEOPARD CREEK DITCH (1887-06-20).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
13546.01887-02-011911-06-03 1.60.0 CIRR 12
43829.266621922-12-311970-12-31 2.40.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 63 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 76 AF — 121% of that, and 9th 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)
2010 63 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 146 0.3
2011 490 14th lowest of 15 · 778% of median 105 5.7
2012 146 10th lowest of 15 · 232% of median 91 1.8
2013 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2014 232 11th lowest of 15 · 368% of median 77 1.9
2015 427 13th lowest of 15 · 678% of median 184 4.6
2016 583 15th lowest of 15 · 925% of median 143 3.8
2017 391 12th lowest of 15 · 621% of median 102 6.0
2018 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 5 0.0
2019 33 6th lowest of 15 · 52% of median 39 0.5
2020 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 8 0.0
2021 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 4 0.0
2022 21 5th lowest of 15 · 33% of median 19 0.7
2023 33 6th lowest of 15 · 52% of median 22 1.3
2024 76 9th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 47 2.2

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