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EAKIN-SMITH DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7200607 · 1 · BIG CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 1896-02-01 — 200th most senior of the 2166 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: JORGEN GUNDERSON DITCH (1895-10-15). Immediately behind: GEORGE GUNDERSON LUNVAL (1896-05-01).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
22995.168331896-02-011916-06-01 4.050.0 CIRR
30895.242271916-05-011941-07-25 1.040.0 CIRR
30895.246371917-06-151941-07-25 0.90.0 CIRR
32811.01939-11-011941-07-25 2.210.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 623 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 532 AF — 85% of that, and 5th 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 769 12th lowest of 15 · 123% of median — 112 10.8
2011 714 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median — 177 6.3
2012 816 13th lowest of 15 · 131% of median — 295 6.0
2013 623 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 135 4.6
2014 933 15th lowest of 15 · 150% of median — 151 14.7
2015 682 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median — 250 6.8
2016 566 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median — 155 6.6
2017 681 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median — 117 6.8
2018 302 2nd lowest of 15 · 48% of median — 92 5.0
2019 856 14th lowest of 15 · 137% of median — 134 6.0
2020 345 3rd lowest of 15 · 55% of median — 106 5.1
2021 227 1st lowest of 15 · 36% of median — 95 3.7
2022 433 4th lowest of 15 · 70% of median — 120 5.9
2023 573 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median — 127 4.6
2024 532 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median — 105 9.0

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.