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JOHN HOWARD DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 1300999 · 1 · SOUTH BRUSH CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 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 1873-05-31 — 116th 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: J JARVIS SWIFT CR NO 2 (1873-05-20). Immediately behind: BELKNAP DITCH NO 2 (1873-05-31).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8552.0 | 1873-05-31 | 1894-02-03 | 3.15 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 20 |
| 12570.0 | 1884-05-31 | 1894-02-03 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 86 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 626 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 424 AF — 68% of that, and 4th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 613 | 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 141 | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 393 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 63% of median | 85 | 3.2 |
| 2012 | 641 | 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 151 | 5.2 |
| 2013 | 629 | 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 144 | 3.1 |
| 2014 | 769 | 11th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 136 | 4.1 |
| 2015 | 854 | 13th lowest of 15 · 136% of median | 200 | 5.5 |
| 2016 | 1,304 | 15th lowest of 15 · 208% of median | 212 | 5.5 |
| 2017 | 1,052 | 14th lowest of 15 · 168% of median | 169 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 172 | 1st lowest of 15 · 28% of median | 57 | 2.1 |
| 2019 | 807 | 12th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 143 | 6.1 |
| 2020 | 382 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 68 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | 626 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 92 | 3.9 |
| 2022 | 585 | 5th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 114 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 625 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 119 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 424 | 4th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 78 | 3.2 |
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