Hydrohistorian

← My Water  ·  Print / save as PDF

HARTBAUER DITCH NO 3

Structure dossier · WDID 1300505 · 1 · SOUTH COLONY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:33 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 1873-06-03 — 122nd most senior of the 1017 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: AUGUST KLOSE DITCH NO 2 (1873-06-01). Immediately behind: SOUTHERN DITCH (1873-06-12).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
8555.01873-06-031896-03-12 0.410.0 CIRR 63

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 50 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 57 AF — 114% of that, and 11th 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 28 4th lowest of 15 · 56% of median 41 0.4
2011 25 2nd lowest of 15 · 50% of median 44 0.3
2012 39 7th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 53 0.4
2013 58 13th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 74 0.4
2014 27 3rd lowest of 15 · 54% of median 41 0.4
2015 30 5th lowest of 15 · 60% of median 39 0.4
2016 37 6th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 57 0.3
2017 57 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 77 0.4
2018 20 1st lowest of 15 · 40% of median 29 0.4
2019 80 15th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 99 0.4
2020 52 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 67 0.4
2021 50 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 63 0.4
2022 52 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 64 0.7
2023 74 14th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 91 0.6
2024 57 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 83 0.4

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 5462 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 24% of the irrigation seasons in 1916-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.