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SCHNEIDER DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 1300536 · 1 · NORTH BRANCH MIDDLE COLO · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:14 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 1872-06-15 — 92nd 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: CUERNO VERDE AIRPORT AP2 (1872-06-10). Immediately behind: SCHNEIDER DITCH NO 4 (1872-06-16).

Decreed rights (2)

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
8202.01872-06-151896-03-12 0.8330.0 CIRR 46
9296.01875-06-141896-03-12 1.9270.0 CIRR 143

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 200 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 164 AF — 82% of that, and 6th 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 160 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 60 2.7
2011 85 3rd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 60 0.8
2012 62 2nd lowest of 15 · 31% of median 59 0.8
2013 120 4th lowest of 15 · 60% of median 77 0.8
2014 257 11th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 82 2.7
2015 267 12th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 56 2.8
2016 195 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 82 1.9
2017 234 9th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 62 2.7
2018 55 1st lowest of 15 · 28% of median 49 0.8
2019 350 15th lowest of 15 · 175% of median 78 2.8
2020 267 12th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 107 2.8
2021 254 10th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 80 2.7
2022 279 14th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 70 2.7
2023 200 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 68 2.7
2024 164 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 46 2.7

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