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B H EATON DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 0300931 · 1 · CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:15 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 1864-04-01 — 66th most senior of the 2961 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: WHITNEY IRR DITCH (1862-09-01). Immediately behind: RIGDEN DIVERSION PUMP STATION (1865-04-10).
Decreed rights (11)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5205.0 | 1864-04-01 | 1882-04-11 | 29.1 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 5996.0 | 1866-06-01 | 1882-04-11 | 3.33 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 8242.0 | 1872-07-25 | 1882-04-11 | 9.27 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | |
| 51864.51237 | 1990-04-13 | 1992-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGWLD | |
| 52732.0 | 1994-05-17 | 1994-12-31 | 0.0 | 50.0 | C | IRRCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGWLD | |
| 55517.51468 | 1990-11-30 | 2002-12-31 | 0.0 | 50.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMRECFISFIRDOMAUGSNOWLD | |
| 55882.5538 | 2001-08-16 | 2003-12-31 | 0.0 | 42.0 | C | STO | |
| 56247.51468 | 1990-11-30 | 2004-12-31 | 50.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRAUGSNOWLD | |
| 61726.0 | 2018-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | OTH | |
| 62414.0 | 2020-11-18 | 2020-12-31 | 0.0 | 1052.0 | A | AUGCUR | |
| 62414.0 | 2020-11-18 | 2020-12-31 | 0.0 | 30.0 | C | AUGCUR |
Legal record & documents
57 decreed actions on record across
13 court cases:
20CW3093, 18CW3240, 04CW0346, 03CW0134, 02CW0391, 94CW0097, 10CW0139, 09CW0067, CA0320, 05CW0093 and 3 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
20CW3093 | 7 | 2020-12-31 | O, S |
18CW3240 | 10 | 2018-12-31 | S |
04CW0346 | 1 | 2004-12-31 | S |
03CW0134 | 1 | 2003-12-31 | S |
02CW0391 | 1 | 2002-12-31 | S |
94CW0097 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
10CW0139 | 8 | 1994-12-31 | S |
09CW0067 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
CA0320 | 3 | 1882-04-11 | O |
05CW0093 | 6 | 1882-04-11 | O |
02CW0390 | 6 | 1882-04-11 | O |
00CW0219 | 6 | 1882-04-11 | O |
00CW0166 | 6 | 1882-04-11 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 4,935 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,992 AF — 61% of that, and 1st 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.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,955 | 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 285 | 23.8 |
| 2011 | 4,802 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | — | 326 | 30.0 |
| 2012 | 4,935 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 322 | 19.1 |
| 2013 | 3,948 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | — | 264 | 17.3 |
| 2014 | 6,041 | 11th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | — | 365 | 28.4 |
| 2015 | 7,140 | 15th lowest of 15 · 145% of median | — | 347 | 24.5 |
| 2016 | 6,718 | 14th lowest of 15 · 136% of median | — | 342 | 32.6 |
| 2017 | 3,516 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 71% of median | — | 214 | 15.2 |
| 2018 | 4,144 | 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | — | 214 | 16.5 |
| 2019 | 4,379 | 5th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | — | 311 | 20.8 |
| 2020 | 6,245 | 12th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | — | 282 | 44.3 |
| 2021 | 5,640 | 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | — | 222 | 29.8 |
| 2022 | 6,340 | 13th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | — | 304 | 40.0 |
| 2023 | 4,722 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | — | 205 | 37.4 |
| 2024 | 2,992 | 1st lowest of 15 · 61% of median | — | 199 | 14.9 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 11 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 12849 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 81% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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.