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LAUGHLIN DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 1000592 · 1 · FOUNTAIN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:21 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 1862-12-31 — 38th most senior of the 2864 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: OWEN & HALL DITCH (1862-12-31). Immediately behind: BURKE DITCH (1862-12-31).

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
4748.01862-12-311882-03-06 9.360.0 CIRRMUNRECDOMAUG 10
5113.01863-12-311882-03-06 2.170.0 CIRRMUNRECDOMAUG 17

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 836 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1985, came in at 66 AF — 8% of that, and 2nd 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)
1971 889 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 304 11.6
1972 836 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 51 11.5
1973 820 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 66 11.5
1974 2,029 14th lowest of 15 · 243% of median 209 10.9
1975 2,414 15th lowest of 15 · 289% of median 222 11.5
1976 814 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 86 11.1
1977 1,112 11th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 226 4.8
1978 855 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 244 4.1
1979 1,396 13th lowest of 15 · 167% of median 307 4.7
1980 1,175 12th lowest of 15 · 141% of median 300 5.7
1981 64 1st lowest of 15 · 8% of median 39 2.0
1982 430 4th lowest of 15 · 51% of median 59 3.8
1983 528 5th lowest of 15 · 63% of median 77 3.8
1984 219 3rd lowest of 15 · 26% of median 56 3.8
1985 66 2nd lowest of 15 · 8% of median 60 1.2

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