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REECE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 1200621 · 1 · HARDSCRABBLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:59 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 1869-05-01 — 65th most senior of the 1967 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: 1869 DITCH (1869-04-30). Immediately behind: THOMAS JOHNSON DITCH (1869-05-31).

Decreed rights (6)

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
7061.01869-05-011894-02-03 1.1250.0 CIRR 44
7974.01871-10-311894-02-03 0.50.0 CIRR 77
8188.01872-06-011894-02-03 0.56250.0 CIRR 94
8871.01874-04-151894-02-03 0.8750.0 CIRR 134
12889.01885-04-151894-02-03 0.50.0 CIRR 321
21376.168621896-03-011908-09-16 5.00.0 CIRR 409.8

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 136 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 214 AF — 157% of that, and 13th 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)
2010 209 11th lowest of 15 · 154% of median 72 3.0
2011 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2012 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2013 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 10 0.2
2015 127 6th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 44 2.5
2016 130 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 52 2.6
2017 419 14th lowest of 15 · 308% of median 194 3.3
2018 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 9 0.0
2019 210 12th lowest of 15 · 154% of median 131 2.7
2020 3 5th lowest of 15 · 2% of median 24 0.5
2021 136 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 73 1.7
2022 136 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 68 2.5
2023 196 10th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 60 2.1
2024 504 15th lowest of 15 · 371% of median 139 4.8
2025 214 13th lowest of 15 · 157% of median 72 2.4

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