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JAMES DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 0801216 · DITCH · WEST PLUM CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:09 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (0576005) — 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.

Current administration

● Fully called out — call at CANAL 3 DITCH (CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER, priority 1870-04-01).

● Fully called out — call at BIG T PLATTE R DITCH (BIG THOMPSON RIVER, priority 1865-11-18).

● Fully called out — call at B H EATON DITCH (CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER, priority 1864-06-09).

● Fully called out — call at LAST CHANCE DITCH 2 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1863-12-30).

● Fully called out — call at NEVADA DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1865-12-30).

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 1883-01-01 — 679th most senior of the 21881 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: 2300996 (1883-10-15). Immediately behind: 0801227 (1883-01-01).

Decreed rights (1)

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
12397.120541883-01-011890-03-03 2.630.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 13 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 68 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 13 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)
2012 180 11th lowest of 13 · 265% of median 106 2.6
2013 180 11th lowest of 13 · 265% of median 83 2.6
2014 379 13th lowest of 13 · 557% of median 147 2.9
2015 137 10th lowest of 13 · 202% of median 60 2.4
2016 41 5th lowest of 13 · 60% of median 19 1.7
2017 80 8th lowest of 13 · 118% of median 56 1.6
2018 68 7th lowest of 13 · 100% of median 25 2.6
2019 92 9th lowest of 13 · 135% of median 42 2.6
2020 11 2nd lowest of 13 · 16% of median 4 1.9
2021 15 3rd lowest of 13 · 22% of median 10 1.1
2022 59 6th lowest of 13 · 87% of median 87 3.0
2023 20 4th lowest of 13 · 29% of median 304 3.3
2025 0 1st lowest of 13 · 0% of median 11 0.0

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