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SMITH STRUTHERS DITCH #1

Structure dossier · WDID 7200875 · 1 · COLORADO RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:17 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 1908-06-05 — 234th 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: JOSHUA R BARNES DITCH (1908-05-01). Immediately behind: SMITH STRUTHERS DITCH #2 (1908-06-05).

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
22995.21341908-06-051916-06-01 2.160.0 CIRRAUG
59899.02013-12-302013-12-31 0.04.0 CRECFISWLD

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 139 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 128 AF — 92% of that, and 6th 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)
2000 375 14th lowest of 15 · 270% of median — 144 3.0
2001 388 15th lowest of 15 · 279% of median — 145 3.8
2002 267 13th lowest of 15 · 192% of median — 158 2.3
2003 233 11th lowest of 15 · 168% of median — 153 2.9
2004 139 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 63 132 2.4
2005 108 3rd lowest of 15 · 78% of median — 121 2.4
2006 81 2nd lowest of 15 · 58% of median — 127 1.8
2007 110 4th lowest of 15 · 79% of median — 128 2.0
2008 69 1st lowest of 15 · 50% of median — 106 1.2
2018 132 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 132 116 0.6
2020 120 5th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 100 166 0.8
2021 218 10th lowest of 15 · 157% of median 74 86 7.5
2022 169 9th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 82 153 1.4
2023 236 12th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 214 184 1.2
2024 128 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 107 184 1.2

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