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MUDDY CREEK DITCH AP

Structure dossier · WDID 7700655 · 1 · NAVAJO RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:26 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (f6d7fdc) — 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 1966-10-05 — 116th most senior of the 187 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: NEW BOND HOUSE D(IRON) (1966-10-05). Immediately behind: UNDERWOOD DITCH NO 2 (1966-10-21).

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
42646.01966-10-051968-12-19 0.00.0 CIRRRECFIS 68-253

Recorded use (last 12 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 339 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 12 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)
2012 218 5th lowest of 12 · 64% of median 175 1.4
2013 724 12th lowest of 12 · 214% of median 165 4.1
2014 196 4th lowest of 12 · 58% of median 170 1.8
2015 448 8th lowest of 12 · 132% of median 172 2.1
2016 311 6th lowest of 12 · 92% of median 130 2.7
2017 367 7th lowest of 12 · 108% of median 135 2.6
2018 490 10th lowest of 12 · 144% of median 184 1.8
2019 622 11th lowest of 12 · 184% of median 162 2.6
2020 141 3rd lowest of 12 · 42% of median 125 2.7
2021 481 9th lowest of 12 · 142% of median 148 2.5
2024 0 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2025 0 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median 2 0.0

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.