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CHIQUITO DOLORES DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7300504 · 1 · LITTLE DOLORES RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:31 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1885-12-31 — 3rd most senior of the 221 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: UPPER SAXBURY DITCH (1885-04-01). Immediately behind: ROTH PASTURE PUMPING PLANT (1885-12-31).

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
17610.131491885-12-311901-05-02 0.390.0 CIRR 98
17610.13981888-04-101901-05-02 6.90.0 CIRR 102
30895.235251914-05-301941-07-25 1.90.0 CIRR 381
44559.158581893-06-011972-12-31 8.540.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 322 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 80 AF — 25% of that, and 2nd 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)
2011 319 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median — 74 5.2
2012 334 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median — 124 5.3
2013 258 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median — 102 5.2
2014 452 12th lowest of 15 · 140% of median — 138 5.1
2015 322 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 144 3.2
2016 577 13th lowest of 15 · 179% of median — 120 7.6
2017 640 14th lowest of 15 · 199% of median — 126 7.2
2018 60 1st lowest of 15 · 19% of median — 60 1.0
2019 658 15th lowest of 15 · 204% of median — 147 5.7
2020 213 5th lowest of 15 · 66% of median — 79 4.0
2021 172 4th lowest of 15 · 53% of median 87 93 2.9
2022 432 11th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 47 182 2.8
2023 381 10th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 0 61 5.7
2024 166 3rd lowest of 15 · 52% of median 3 34 3.6
2025 80 2nd lowest of 15 · 25% of median 5 57 1.4

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