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NORTH FORK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 1100590 · 1 · NORTH FORK SOUTH ARKANSA · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 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 in line

Priority 1882-03-13 — 178th 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: HELENA DITCH (1882-03-01). Immediately behind: NILES BROTHERS DITCH (1882-03-23).

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
11760.01882-03-131890-06-19 18.60.0 CIRR 101

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,926 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 3,402 AF — 116% of that, and 12th 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 3,807 13th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 142 20.0
2009 2,591 6th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 76 20.6
2010 1,824 3rd lowest of 15 · 62% of median 88 20.6
2011 2,392 5th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 97 19.6
2012 786 1st lowest of 15 · 27% of median 68 15.0
2013 2,926 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 129 19.0
2014 4,325 14th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 175 18.6
2015 2,996 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 145 20.3
2016 2,778 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 123 19.0
2017 4,602 15th lowest of 15 · 157% of median 176 20.6
2018 1,351 2nd lowest of 15 · 46% of median 59 18.6
2019 3,171 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 137 19.5
2020 2,155 4th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 105 20.6
2021 3,208 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 120 20.6
2023 3,402 12th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 149 21.5

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