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LIDDLE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6400502 · 1 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:29 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 1890-10-22 — 114th most senior of the 2052 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 PLATTE RIVER COMPACT (1897-06-14). Immediately behind: RUSSELL SIDEBOTHAM DITCH (1890-10-22).

Decreed rights (4)

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
17846.149051890-10-221908-12-08 0.00.0 CIRR
17846.152691891-10-211908-12-08 10.00.0 CIRR
53726.01997-02-041997-12-31 7.00.0 CAUGRCH
55882.02002-12-312002-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMFIRSTKRCHWLD

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,004 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 653 AF — 65% of that, and 4th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 1,330 11th lowest of 15 · 132% of median — 97 57.8
2011 1,004 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 52 27.8
2012 1,284 10th lowest of 15 · 128% of median — 89 22.9
2013 1,567 13th lowest of 15 · 156% of median — 181 14.4
2014 1,161 9th lowest of 15 · 116% of median — 116 16.4
2015 1,000 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 116 10.8
2016 832 5th lowest of 15 · 83% of median — 49 18.6
2017 994 6th lowest of 15 · 99% of median — 97 15.8
2018 273 1st lowest of 15 · 27% of median — 23 10.4
2019 415 2nd lowest of 15 · 41% of median — 27 22.3
2020 1,697 14th lowest of 15 · 169% of median — 57 27.7
2021 2,003 15th lowest of 15 · 200% of median — 139 17.8
2022 1,425 12th lowest of 15 · 142% of median — 110 17.5
2023 495 3rd lowest of 15 · 49% of median — 77 12.3
2024 653 4th lowest of 15 · 65% of median — 67 17.3

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