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BOYD FREEMAN DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 0300935 · 1 · CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 1862-03-15 — 64th 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: GLADE RES (1862-03-01). Immediately behind: WHITNEY IRR DITCH (1862-09-01).
Decreed rights (8)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4457.0 | 1862-03-15 | 1882-04-11 | 54.05 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 7396.0 | 1870-04-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 7944.0 | 1871-10-01 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 8232.0 | 1872-07-15 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 8536.0 | 1873-05-15 | 1882-04-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 54421.0 | 1998-12-31 | 1998-12-31 | 0.0 | 54.05 | C | COMINDFIRAUG | |
| 54769.0 | 1999-12-14 | 1999-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 54785.0 | 1999-12-30 | 1999-12-31 | 0.0 | 54.0 | C | MUNALL |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 282 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 749 AF — 266% of that, and 12th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 282 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 65 | 4.0 |
| 2004 | 138 | 4th lowest of 15 · 49% of median | 69 | 2.0 |
| 2005 | 150 | 5th lowest of 15 · 53% of median | 81 | 1.0 |
| 2006 | 266 | 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 106 | 3.0 |
| 2007 | 300 | 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 97 | 6.1 |
| 2008 | 124 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 44% of median | 117 | 2.0 |
| 2009 | 81 | 1st lowest of 15 · 29% of median | 19 | 4.0 |
| 2010 | 1,231 | 15th lowest of 15 · 436% of median | 56 | 26.5 |
| 2018 | 386 | 10th lowest of 15 · 137% of median | 44 | 5.5 |
| 2019 | 104 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 37% of median | 13 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 160 | 6th lowest of 15 · 57% of median | 18 | 6.7 |
| 2021 | 765 | 13th lowest of 15 · 271% of median | 77 | 12.3 |
| 2022 | 765 | 13th lowest of 15 · 271% of median | 79 | 12.3 |
| 2023 | 686 | 11th lowest of 15 · 243% of median | 51 | 55.9 |
| 2024 | 749 | 12th lowest of 15 · 266% of median | 88 | 16.1 |
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