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KINNEY DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7200732 · 1 · COLORADO RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 05:24 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

Location as DWR records it. Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.

Which of its rights are out of priority?

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 1914-05-16 — 363rd 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: HURLBURT DITCH PUMP (1914-05-15). Immediately behind: DINGMAN SP SEEPAGE DITCH (1914-05-17).

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
30895.235111914-05-161941-07-25 2.730.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 14 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 528 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2011, came in at 1,067 AF — 202% of that, and 11th lowest of the 14 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
1985 1 2nd lowest of 14 · 0% of median 2 0.5
1986 6 3rd lowest of 14 · 1% of median 3 1.5
1987 54 4th lowest of 14 · 10% of median 20 1.5
2001 330 7th lowest of 14 · 62% of median 61 2.7
2002 1,646 14th lowest of 14 · 312% of median 304 2.7
2003 1,563 13th lowest of 14 · 296% of median 306 2.7
2004 1,562 12th lowest of 14 · 296% of median 305 2.7
2005 307 5th lowest of 14 · 58% of median 102 2.0
2006 314 6th lowest of 14 · 60% of median 62 2.7
2007 726 8th lowest of 14 · 138% of median 187 2.0
2008 0 1st lowest of 14 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2009 893 9th lowest of 14 · 169% of median 189 2.5
2010 975 10th lowest of 14 · 185% of median 181 2.7
2011 1,067 11th lowest of 14 · 202% of median 201 2.7

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 1925 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 35% of the irrigation seasons in 1985-2011 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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