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NEWTON DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 7000572 · 1 · CLEAR CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:54 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1883-07-01 — 1st most senior of the 519 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 behind: RESERVOIR DITCH (1884-02-28).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12235.0 | 1883-07-01 | 1889-05-11 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 13 |
| 12955.0 | 1885-06-20 | 1889-05-11 | 1.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 48 |
| 13626.0 | 1887-04-22 | 1889-05-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 105 |
| 24183.20953 | 1907-05-15 | 1916-11-25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 153AAB |
| 27132.27059 | 1924-02-01 | 1937-01-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 181FF, 181 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 608 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 51 AF — 8% of that, and 1st 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 219 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 36% of median | 105 | 1.1 |
| 2007 | 964 | 12th lowest of 15 · 159% of median | 189 | 3.4 |
| 2008 | 1,068 | 13th lowest of 15 · 176% of median | 168 | 4.1 |
| 2009 | 863 | 11th lowest of 15 · 142% of median | 154 | 5.5 |
| 2010 | 1,440 | 14th lowest of 15 · 237% of median | 170 | 6.7 |
| 2011 | 708 | 9th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 53 | 7.0 |
| 2012 | 601 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 146 | 2.7 |
| 2015 | 546 | 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 208 | 4.2 |
| 2016 | 766 | 10th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 151 | 4.4 |
| 2017 | 513 | 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 128 | 5.1 |
| 2018 | 125 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 21% of median | 52 | 3.1 |
| 2022 | 508 | 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 79 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 1,720 | 15th lowest of 15 · 283% of median | 163 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 608 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 141 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 51 | 1st lowest of 15 · 8% of median | 75 | 1.0 |
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