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JOHNSON AND EDWARDS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 0100526 · 1 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:12 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 1872-06-01 — 13th most senior of the 7705 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: BIJOU CANAL (1871-10-01). Immediately behind: TRAUTWEIN WELL 7119 (1872-06-01).

Decreed rights (3)

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
8188.01872-06-011895-11-21 15.00.0 CIRR
13249.01886-04-101895-11-21 48.00.0 CIRR
51488.01990-12-201990-12-31 0.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,006 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 607 AF — 30% of that, and 2nd 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 2,861 13th lowest of 15 · 143% of median 112 40.2
2011 3,967 15th lowest of 15 · 198% of median 153 35.6
2012 1,362 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 61 28.2
2013 1,915 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 49 33.2
2014 2,050 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 75 32.5
2015 2,644 12th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 78 38.3
2016 1,795 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 36 33.8
2017 2,006 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 60 33.4
2018 3,383 14th lowest of 15 · 169% of median 85 35.3
2019 2,045 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 57 36.2
2020 2,152 11th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 57 32.8
2021 976 4th lowest of 15 · 49% of median 29 32.3
2022 701 3rd lowest of 15 · 35% of median 23 32.4
2023 498 1st lowest of 15 · 25% of median 29 19.8
2024 607 2nd lowest of 15 · 30% of median 19 30.2

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.