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RED MOUNTAIN DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6804660 · 1 · MINERAL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:30 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 2013-12-30 — 1248th 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: FULL MOON RESERVOIR NO. 10 EXCHANGE (2013-12-30). Immediately behind: WISHING WELL NO1 (2003-02-27).

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
59899.02013-12-302013-12-31 3.00.0 CAUG

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 147 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 193 AF — 131% of that, and 10th 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)
2004 426 15th lowest of 15 · 290% of median — 86 5.3
2005 39 2nd lowest of 15 · 26% of median — 64 1.2
2013 147 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 147 71 2.5
2014 345 14th lowest of 15 · 235% of median 345 123 2.3
2015 299 13th lowest of 15 · 203% of median 299 104 3.2
2016 180 9th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 180 88 1.6
2017 277 12th lowest of 15 · 188% of median 277 113 3.0
2018 137 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 137 160 2.1
2019 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 0 1 0.0
2020 107 3rd lowest of 15 · 73% of median 107 98 2.4
2021 141 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 141 78 3.0
2022 228 11th lowest of 15 · 155% of median 228 143 2.5
2023 138 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 138 112 1.5
2024 114 4th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 114 110 2.2
2025 193 10th lowest of 15 · 131% of median 193 114 3.1

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.