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BOWEN DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 1100691 · 1 · CHALK CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:48 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 1888-09-24 — 236th 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: ANDERSON PINE CREEK (1888-06-01). Immediately behind: FLORIS P WILLIS DITCH 1 (1888-10-12).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14147.0 | 1888-09-24 | 1890-06-19 | 44.54 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG | 173 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,144 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.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2,796 | 12th lowest of 15 · 244% of median | 306 | 33.0 |
| 2010 | 1,182 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 38 | 27.2 |
| 2011 | 2,972 | 13th lowest of 15 · 260% of median | 56 | 38.7 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 13 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 12 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 1,982 | 11th lowest of 15 · 173% of median | 38 | 38.0 |
| 2015 | 3,348 | 14th lowest of 15 · 293% of median | 50 | 35.0 |
| 2016 | 1,428 | 10th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 32 | 30.0 |
| 2017 | 3,762 | 15th lowest of 15 · 329% of median | 72 | 38.0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 6 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 714 | 6th lowest of 15 · 62% of median | 29 | 18.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 1,144 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 21 | 41.2 |
| 2022 | 1,144 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 20 | 41.2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 5 | 0.0 |
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