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F RIVIERE DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 1300858 · 1 · MIDDLE TAYLOR CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:54 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 1872-05-01 — 60th 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: TAYLOR & LUTEN CREEK (1872-05-01). Immediately behind: MIDDLE DITCH ANTELOPE (1872-05-01).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
8157.01872-05-011896-03-12 0.530.0 CIRR 37
10683.01879-04-011896-03-12 0.270.0 CIRR 211

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 33 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 44 AF — 133% 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)
2006 20 5th lowest of 15 · 61% of median 23 0.5
2008 16 2nd lowest of 15 · 48% of median 20 0.5
2009 16 2nd lowest of 15 · 48% of median 19 0.5
2010 45 12th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 46 0.5
2011 28 7th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 28 0.5
2012 42 9th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 47 0.5
2013 67 14th lowest of 15 · 203% of median 69 0.8
2014 80 15th lowest of 15 · 242% of median 70 0.8
2016 43 10th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 42 0.5
2019 33 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 29 0.7
2020 16 2nd lowest of 15 · 48% of median 17 0.5
2021 56 13th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 36 0.8
2022 27 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 31 0.4
2023 3 1st lowest of 15 · 9% of median 6 0.3
2024 44 11th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 42 0.6

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