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HODGSON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 0900752 · 1 · BEAR CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:07 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 1861-06-01 — 8th most senior of the 2058 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: HARRIMAN DITCH (1861-06-01). Immediately behind: PIONEER UNION DITCH (1861-06-01).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
4170.01861-06-011884-02-04 1.34240.0 CIRR
4534.01862-05-311884-02-04 0.39950.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 91 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 90 AF — 99% of that, and 6th lowest of the 15 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)
2010 364 14th lowest of 15 · 400% of median 189 1.0
2011 378 15th lowest of 15 · 415% of median 214 1.0
2012 210 11th lowest of 15 · 231% of median 214 0.5
2013 211 12th lowest of 15 · 232% of median 214 0.5
2014 218 13th lowest of 15 · 240% of median 221 0.5
2015 202 10th lowest of 15 · 222% of median 205 0.5
2016 91 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 184 0.2
2017 89 5th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 179 0.2
2018 86 3rd lowest of 15 · 94% of median 173 0.2
2019 73 1st lowest of 15 · 80% of median 184 0.2
2020 91 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 184 0.2
2021 87 4th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 176 0.2
2022 79 2nd lowest of 15 · 87% of median 160 0.2
2023 94 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 191 0.2
2024 90 6th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 183 0.2

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.