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KINNICK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6000660 · 1 · SOUTH FORK SAN MIGUEL RI · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 in line

Priority 1897-06-02 — 804th 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: SOUTH SPRING DITCH (1897-06-01). Immediately behind: BREWERY PIPELINE (1897-06-15).

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
30604.17321897-06-021939-11-01 1.00.0 CSTOIRRMUNCOMDOMSTKAUG 233

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 124 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 122 AF — 98% of that, and 7th 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 193 13th lowest of 15 · 156% of median 180 1.0
2011 137 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 194 0.8
2012 39 2nd lowest of 15 · 32% of median 173 0.5
2013 51 3rd lowest of 15 · 41% of median 174 0.3
2014 149 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 179 0.9
2015 188 12th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 204 1.4
2016 193 13th lowest of 15 · 156% of median 202 1.4
2017 110 5th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 151 1.0
2018 35 1st lowest of 15 · 28% of median 107 0.4
2019 124 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 168 0.9
2020 91 4th lowest of 15 · 73% of median 128 1.1
2021 114 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 179 1.0
2022 198 15th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 202 0.8
2023 161 11th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 179 1.0
2024 122 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 168 0.9

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.