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WILLIAM CRAIG DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7900511 · 1 · HUERFANO RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:13 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.

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 1864-05-01 — 6th most senior of the 930 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: JOHN W BROWN DITCH (1863-04-01). Immediately behind: WM CRAIG DITCH APD WELL (1864-05-01).

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
5235.01864-05-011889-06-12 2.40.0 CSTOIRRAUGALL 7

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 558 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 394 AF — 71% of that, and 4th lowest of the 15 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)
2010 458 5th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 127 2.4
2011 681 14th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 164 2.4
2012 163 1st lowest of 15 · 29% of median 68 2.4
2013 315 2nd lowest of 15 · 56% of median 89 2.6
2014 550 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 183 2.4
2015 678 13th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 214 2.4
2016 389 3rd lowest of 15 · 70% of median 214 2.4
2017 571 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 259 2.9
2018 606 12th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 335 2.8
2019 746 15th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 334 2.6
2020 558 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 336 2.4
2021 564 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 304 2.8
2023 579 11th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 283 3.8
2024 491 6th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 366 4.4
2025 394 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 304 9.5

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.