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SAMUEL J CAPPS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 1600927 · 1 · SANTA CLARA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:56 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 1884-06-01 — 106th most senior of the 1044 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: GRIBBLE & BAKER DITCH (1883-05-01). Immediately behind: OAKFIELD DITCH (1884-07-15).

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
12571.01884-06-011889-06-12 0.50.0 CIRR 8

Recorded use (last 14 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 46 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1969, came in at 169 AF — 363% of that, and 13th lowest of the 14 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)
1912 65 10th lowest of 14 · 140% of median 35 1.0
1913 115 12th lowest of 14 · 247% of median 34 2.0
1924 65 10th lowest of 14 · 140% of median 67 0.5
1935 14 1st lowest of 14 · 30% of median 15 0.5
1937 29 4th lowest of 14 · 62% of median 33 0.5
1941 26 3rd lowest of 14 · 56% of median 27 0.5
1942 39 5th lowest of 14 · 84% of median 40 0.5
1944 42 6th lowest of 14 · 90% of median 43 0.5
1945 42 6th lowest of 14 · 90% of median 43 0.5
1946 20 2nd lowest of 14 · 43% of median 21 0.5
1948 51 8th lowest of 14 · 110% of median 52 0.5
1949 51 8th lowest of 14 · 110% of median 52 0.5
1964 341 14th lowest of 14 · 733% of median 165 2.5
1969 169 13th lowest of 14 · 363% of median 49 2.0

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 676 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 6% of the irrigation seasons in 1912-1969 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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