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MCFADDEN DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 1100775 · 1 · MCFADDEN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:27 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 1882-01-09 — 175th 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: VICKSBURG SUMMER HOME (1881-09-30). Immediately behind: SPRING DITCH (1882-01-31).

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
11697.01882-01-091890-06-19 3.20.0 CIRRDOMAUG 96

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 186 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 8 AF — 4% of that, and 3rd 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)
1927 1,555 15th lowest of 15 · 836% of median 245 3.2
1970 272 10th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 83 3.2
1973 341 13th lowest of 15 · 183% of median 85 2.5
1974 902 14th lowest of 15 · 485% of median 153 3.2
1985 275 12th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 170 1.5
1987 78 7th lowest of 15 · 42% of median 123 0.5
1988 186 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 170 0.6
1991 272 10th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 88 2.0
2012 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2013 62 5th lowest of 15 · 33% of median 88 1.7
2017 262 9th lowest of 15 · 141% of median 56 2.4
2018 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2019 71 6th lowest of 15 · 38% of median 175 0.4
2021 8 3rd lowest of 15 · 4% of median 49 0.2
2022 8 3rd lowest of 15 · 4% of median 49 0.2

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