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SCHULZ DITCH NO 5
Structure dossier · WDID 1300638 · 1 · GRAPE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:38 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 in line
Priority 1876-06-01 — 226th 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: EMMA DITCH (1876-06-01). Immediately behind: AUGUST MENZEL DITCH NO 2 (1876-06-01).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9649.0 | 1876-06-01 | 1896-03-12 | 0.66 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 166 |
| 10362.0 | 1878-05-15 | 1896-03-12 | 0.33 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 192 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 79 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 67 AF — 85% of that, and 7th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 12 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 15% of median | 20 | 0.5 |
| 2007 | 88 | 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | 46 | 1.0 |
| 2008 | 118 | 13th lowest of 15 · 149% of median | 61 | 1.0 |
| 2009 | 127 | 15th lowest of 15 · 161% of median | 66 | 1.0 |
| 2010 | 60 | 6th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 34 | 1.0 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1st lowest of 15 · 8% of median | 9 | 0.3 |
| 2014 | 52 | 4th lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 31 | 1.0 |
| 2015 | 48 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 41 | 0.7 |
| 2016 | 58 | 5th lowest of 15 · 73% of median | 37 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 83 | 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 43 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | 121 | 14th lowest of 15 · 153% of median | 64 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | 79 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 44 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 104 | 11th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 66 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 117 | 12th lowest of 15 · 148% of median | 60 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 67 | 7th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 36 | 1.0 |
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