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GRIFFITHS DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 7900687 · 1 · TURKEY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 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 in line
Priority 1868-04-18 — 35th 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: CENTER DITCH (1868-04-18). Immediately behind: FERNANDEZ DITCH (1868-04-18).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6683.0 | 1868-04-18 | 1889-06-12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 27 |
| 21305.0 | 1908-05-01 | 1921-10-03 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 379 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 37 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 151 AF — 408% of that, and 13th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 24 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 28 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 11 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 8 | 6th lowest of 15 · 22% of median | 28 | 0.4 |
| 2015 | 138 | 11th lowest of 15 · 373% of median | 58 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 265 | 15th lowest of 15 · 716% of median | 115 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 26 | 7th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 62 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | 39 | 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 76 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | 37 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 55 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 7 | 5th lowest of 15 · 19% of median | 46 | 0.2 |
| 2021 | 40 | 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 41 | 2.0 |
| 2022 | 147 | 12th lowest of 15 · 397% of median | 132 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 173 | 14th lowest of 15 · 468% of median | 140 | 2.8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4th lowest of 15 · 16% of median | 37 | 0.3 |
| 2025 | 151 | 13th lowest of 15 · 408% of median | 48 | 2.8 |
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