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WILLIAM C HAKE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 0600621 · DITCH · COAL CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (e70d0b5) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1860-06-01 — 42nd most senior of the 1867 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: EGGLESTON NO 1 DITCH (1860-06-01). Immediately behind: ANDERSON DITCH (1860-10-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3805.0 | 1860-06-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.72 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 4170.0 | 1861-06-01 | 1882-06-02 | 2.94 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 240 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 5 AF — 2% of that, and 1st 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 273 | 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 124 | 3.3 |
| 2009 | 421 | 13th lowest of 15 · 175% of median | 156 | 3.4 |
| 2010 | 520 | 15th lowest of 15 · 217% of median | 146 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 382 | 12th lowest of 15 · 159% of median | 156 | 4.6 |
| 2012 | 240 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 117 | 2.5 |
| 2014 | 428 | 14th lowest of 15 · 178% of median | 205 | 3.6 |
| 2015 | 111 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 46% of median | 155 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 120 | 5th lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 112 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 206 | 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 218 | 1.3 |
| 2018 | 245 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 132 | 2.4 |
| 2019 | 232 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 182 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 118 | 4th lowest of 15 · 49% of median | 132 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | 301 | 11th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 148 | 2.8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1st lowest of 15 · 2% of median | 7 | 0.4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1st lowest of 15 · 2% of median | 3 | 1.3 |
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