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CURTIS WASTE DITCH & PL

Structure dossier · WDID 6000810 · 1 · SAN MIGUEL RIVER · 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 1967-04-01 — 1213th 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: BUNKER MAVERICK DR SP (1966-05-01). Immediately behind: CONE WELL (1968-05-01).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
44559.428241967-04-011972-12-31 0.50.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 43 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2000, came in at 41 AF — 95% of that, and 4th 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)
1986 44 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 114 0.2
1987 32 2nd lowest of 15 · 74% of median 83 0.2
1988 41 4th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 209 0.1
1989 46 11th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 233 0.1
1990 43 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 219 0.1
1991 42 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 214 0.1
1992 42 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 214 0.1
1993 57 13th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 200 0.2
1994 36 3rd lowest of 15 · 84% of median 125 0.2
1995 69 15th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 185 0.2
1996 44 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 186 0.2
1997 51 12th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 192 0.2
1998 5 1st lowest of 15 · 12% of median 33 0.1
1999 59 14th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 174 0.4
2000 41 4th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 208 0.1

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