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JOHNSON AND STUART DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 7200721 · 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 1888-09-26 — 86th 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: ATWELL DITCH COON CREEK (1888-09-19). Immediately behind: OAKLAND DITCH (1888-09-26).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14149.0 | 1888-09-26 | 1890-02-07 | 4.212 | 0.038 | C | IRR | 73 |
| 14149.0 | 1888-09-26 | 1890-02-07 | 0.72 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 73 |
| 30895.14648 | 1890-02-07 | 1941-07-25 | 0.53 | 0.0 | C | DOM | |
| 30895.24288 | 1916-07-01 | 1941-07-25 | 1.44 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 32811.0 | 1939-11-01 | 1941-07-25 | 2.85 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 664 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 664 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,082 | 15th lowest of 15 · 163% of median | 244 | 8.8 |
| 2011 | 919 | 13th lowest of 15 · 138% of median | 151 | 11.6 |
| 2012 | 555 | 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 219 | 5.4 |
| 2013 | 794 | 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 107 | 7.7 |
| 2014 | 678 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 106 | 9.0 |
| 2015 | 824 | 11th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 262 | 5.4 |
| 2016 | 649 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 284 | 12.0 |
| 2017 | 856 | 12th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 290 | 10.2 |
| 2018 | 401 | 1st lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 206 | 6.0 |
| 2019 | 933 | 14th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 276 | 8.8 |
| 2020 | 498 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 233 | 4.8 |
| 2021 | 504 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 281 | 6.9 |
| 2022 | 648 | 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 260 | 8.5 |
| 2023 | 606 | 5th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 114 | 10.2 |
| 2024 | 664 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 143 | 7.4 |
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