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ST JOE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 1300615 · 1 · GRAPE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:37 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1889-06-15 — 452nd 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: H NEERMANN DITCH NO 1 (1889-06-04). Immediately behind: J P FALKENBERG NO 1 (1889-07-10).

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
14411.01889-06-151896-03-12 1.50.0 CIRR 476

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 104 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 146 AF — 140% 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)
2006 6 1st lowest of 15 · 6% of median 3 1.5
2007 104 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 37 1.5
2008 125 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 44 1.5
2009 110 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 39 1.5
2010 80 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 28 1.5
2013 21 2nd lowest of 15 · 20% of median 11 1.5
2014 101 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 38 1.5
2015 57 4th lowest of 15 · 55% of median 22 1.5
2016 119 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 42 1.5
2017 190 15th lowest of 15 · 183% of median 50 2.0
2019 146 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 50 1.5
2020 27 3rd lowest of 15 · 26% of median 12 1.5
2021 86 6th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 31 1.5
2023 140 12th lowest of 15 · 135% of median 49 1.5
2024 146 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 51 1.5

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