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SMITH DITCH (COON CR)

Structure dossier · WDID 7200873 · 4 · COON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:38 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 1894-07-15 — 197th 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: PARKER DITCH (1894-05-01). Immediately behind: COTTONWOOD LAKES RES 2 (1895-08-01).

Decreed rights (2)

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
22995.162671894-07-151916-06-01 0.090.0 CIRR
50403.410071962-04-101988-12-31 0.630.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 14 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 148 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2014, came in at 112 AF — 76% of that, and 6th 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)
1998 21 2nd lowest of 14 · 14% of median 116 0.1
2000 16 1st lowest of 14 · 11% of median 94 0.1
2001 29 3rd lowest of 14 · 20% of median 161 0.1
2002 33 4th lowest of 14 · 22% of median 173 0.2
2004 135 7th lowest of 14 · 91% of median 194 0.7
2005 222 14th lowest of 14 · 150% of median 154 0.7
2006 163 9th lowest of 14 · 110% of median 193 0.7
2007 161 8th lowest of 14 · 109% of median 181 0.7
2008 174 11th lowest of 14 · 118% of median 157 0.7
2010 202 12th lowest of 14 · 136% of median 151 0.7
2011 215 13th lowest of 14 · 145% of median 171 0.7
2012 41 5th lowest of 14 · 28% of median 169 0.6
2013 170 10th lowest of 14 · 115% of median 132 0.7
2014 112 6th lowest of 14 · 76% of median 147 0.7

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 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 2 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 2193 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 63% of the irrigation seasons in 1998-2014 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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