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SMITH DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 6800737 · 1 · DEXTER CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:29 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1879-04-01 — 38th most senior of the 1293 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: PLUMMER D NOS 1 & 2 (1879-04-01). Immediately behind: BIG COUNTRY SPRING PL (1879-04-01).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10683.0 | 1879-04-01 | 1897-05-15 | 0.08 | 0.0 | C | DOM | |
| 14385.0 | 1889-05-20 | 1897-05-15 | 2.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 123 |
| 26298.0 | 1922-01-01 | 1924-06-05 | 0.45 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | |
| 55517.55363 | 2001-07-30 | 2002-12-31 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFISFIR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 312 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 508 AF — 163% of that, and 15th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 229 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 73% of median | 142 | 1.5 |
| 2012 | 246 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 79% of median | 170 | 1.5 |
| 2013 | 272 | 4th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 168 | 1.7 |
| 2014 | 298 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 123 | 1.8 |
| 2015 | 322 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 149 | 1.7 |
| 2016 | 445 | 12th lowest of 15 · 143% of median | 169 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 470 | 14th lowest of 15 · 151% of median | 172 | 2.3 |
| 2018 | 135 | 1st lowest of 15 · 43% of median | 187 | 1.8 |
| 2019 | 402 | 11th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 174 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | 277 | 5th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 168 | 2.5 |
| 2021 | 455 | 13th lowest of 15 · 146% of median | 183 | 1.7 |
| 2022 | 312 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 165 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 346 | 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 188 | 1.9 |
| 2024 | 303 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 185 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 508 | 15th lowest of 15 · 163% of median | 175 | 3.4 |
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