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FRANTZ DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 1100686 · 1 · CHALK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:22 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 1875-12-31 — 121st 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: WILLIAMS & HAMM DITCH (1875-12-31). Immediately behind: BRISCOE DITCH (1876-11-18).

Decreed rights (3)

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
9496.01875-12-311890-06-19 6.40.0 CIRR 59
13710.01887-07-151904-07-12 1.66670.0 CIRR
14165.01888-10-121903-07-14 3.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,590 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 2,086 AF — 80% 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)
2008 2,594 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 366 10.4
2009 2,590 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 306 11.0
2010 3,339 13th lowest of 15 · 129% of median 264 11.1
2011 4,075 15th lowest of 15 · 157% of median 306 11.1
2012 2,491 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 222 6.4
2013 3,405 14th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 306 6.4
2014 3,001 12th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 231 11.7
2015 2,251 3rd lowest of 15 · 87% of median 164 11.0
2016 2,528 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 174 11.0
2017 2,782 11th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 181 11.9
2018 2,662 10th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 226 7.8
2019 2,396 5th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 178 11.6
2020 1,622 1st lowest of 15 · 63% of median 150 6.4
2021 2,357 4th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 195 8.6
2023 2,086 2nd lowest of 15 · 80% of median 211 7.1

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