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PAINE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 1100571 · 1 · SOUTH ARKANSAS RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:59 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 1881-03-15 — 165th most senior of the 1489 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: CLEAR CREEK RESERVOIR (1881-03-10). Immediately behind: DEL MONTE IRRIG DITCH (1881-03-31).

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
11397.01881-03-151890-06-19 0.80.0 CIRR 82

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 71 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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)
2008 90 12th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 61 0.8
2009 102 13th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 74 0.8
2010 34 2nd lowest of 15 · 48% of median 61 0.6
2011 80 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 64 0.8
2012 36 3rd lowest of 15 · 51% of median 48 0.6
2013 79 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 104 0.8
2014 121 15th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 98 0.8
2015 61 4th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 63 0.8
2016 67 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 55 0.8
2017 71 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 60 0.8
2018 69 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 63 0.8
2019 86 11th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 83 0.8
2020 62 5th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 78 0.8
2021 108 14th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 79 0.7
2023 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 13 0.0

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 5811 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 24% of the irrigation seasons in 1912-2023 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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