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H H TOMPKINS DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 1300751 · 1 · HORN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:09 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 1869-07-01 — 3rd 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: WM CONRADTS DITCH NO 1 (1869-07-01). Immediately behind: HILL DITCH NO 2 APD (1869-08-31).

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
7122.01869-07-011896-03-12 2.130.0 CIRRCOMRECSTKAUGWLD 3

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 213 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 335 AF — 157% of that, and 15th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 245 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median — 72 2.2
2011 213 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 67 2.2
2012 233 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median — 82 2.2
2013 310 14th lowest of 15 · 146% of median — 138 2.2
2014 207 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median — 52 2.1
2015 173 4th lowest of 15 · 81% of median — 42 2.1
2016 167 2nd lowest of 15 · 78% of median — 50 2.0
2017 169 3rd lowest of 15 · 79% of median — 45 2.0
2018 19 1st lowest of 15 · 9% of median — 21 1.1
2019 283 12th lowest of 15 · 133% of median — 78 2.1
2020 236 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median — 66 2.1
2021 206 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median — 53 2.8
2022 299 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median — 73 2.1
2023 176 5th lowest of 15 · 83% of median — 44 2.6
2024 335 15th lowest of 15 · 157% of median — 179 2.6

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.