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WILLIAM R JONES DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 0300932 · 1 · CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:10 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 1867-09-01 — 76th 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: MASON HOTTEL MILL RACE (1867-04-15). Immediately behind: MARTIN CALLOWAY DITCH (1868-03-01).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6453.0 | 1867-09-01 | 1882-04-11 | 9.546 | 0.0 | C | IRRCOMINDRECFISAUGWLD | |
| 50403.5039 | 1987-12-18 | 1988-12-31 | 25.0 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 51864.51237 | 1990-04-13 | 1992-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGWLD | |
| 52732.0 | 1994-05-17 | 1994-12-31 | 15.19 | 14.81 | C | IRRCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGWLD | |
| 54769.0 | 1999-12-14 | 1999-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 56977.0 | 2005-12-30 | 2005-12-31 | 0.0 | 10.0 | C | AUGCURRCH | |
| 56977.0 | 2005-12-30 | 2005-12-31 | 0.0 | 200.0 | A | AUGCURRCH |
Legal record & documents
40 decreed actions on record across
11 court cases:
05CW0331, 99CW0234, 94CW0096, 10CW0139, 07CW0286, 88CW0127, 14CW3056, 03CW0335, CA0320, 02CW0200 and 1 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
05CW0331 | 9 | 2005-12-31 | S |
99CW0234 | 10 | 1999-12-31 | S |
94CW0096 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
10CW0139 | 11 | 1994-12-31 | S |
07CW0286 | 1 | 1994-12-31 | S |
88CW0127 | 3 | 1988-12-31 | O, S |
14CW3056 | 1 | 1988-12-31 | S |
03CW0335 | 1 | 1988-12-31 | S |
CA0320 | 1 | 1882-04-11 | O |
02CW0200 | 1 | 1882-04-11 | O |
00CW0072 | 1 | 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 3,522 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 3,522 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3,510 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 238 | 20.1 |
| 2010 | 3,144 | 4th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | — | 167 | 50.0 |
| 2011 | 3,821 | 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | — | 245 | 28.9 |
| 2012 | 1,117 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 32% of median | — | 35 | 27.8 |
| 2013 | 9 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | — | 10 | 2.0 |
| 2014 | 3,275 | 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | — | 238 | 18.9 |
| 2015 | 4,709 | 13th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | — | 186 | 53.9 |
| 2016 | 4,220 | 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | — | 214 | 35.2 |
| 2017 | 4,589 | 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | — | 208 | 38.4 |
| 2018 | 6,626 | 15th lowest of 15 · 188% of median | — | 217 | 42.9 |
| 2019 | 5,441 | 14th lowest of 15 · 154% of median | — | 260 | 46.2 |
| 2020 | 4,386 | 11th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | — | 254 | 32.5 |
| 2021 | 3,425 | 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | — | 220 | 20.5 |
| 2022 | 3,036 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 86% of median | — | 232 | 14.6 |
| 2023 | 3,522 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 177 | 31.3 |
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 B (8/10 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 | 7 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 11675 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 73% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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