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CHEYENNE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 1700563 · 1 · ADOBE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:09 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 1899-06-07 — 66th most senior of the 1909 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: HORSE CREEK & BLACK DRAW DITCH (1899-06-06). Immediately behind: SOUTHSIDE DITCH (1899-06-08).

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
20186.180551899-06-071922-08-30 5.270.0 CIRR 37

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 359 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2012, came in at 38 AF — 11% of that, and 2nd 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)
1992 133 3rd lowest of 15 · 37% of median 29 14.3
1993 408 12th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 71 18.9
1994 360 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 103 13.6
1995 456 14th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 113 16.5
1996 339 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 89 11.6
1997 443 13th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 130 8.0
1998 828 15th lowest of 15 · 231% of median 94 25.5
1999 359 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 62 31.0
2000 375 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 96 22.4
2001 398 11th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 160 5.8
2002 341 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 120 4.6
2003 171 5th lowest of 15 · 48% of median 56 2.6
2007 14 1st lowest of 15 · 4% of median 23 0.5
2008 148 4th lowest of 15 · 41% of median 131 5.3
2012 38 2nd lowest of 15 · 11% of median 44 0.8

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 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 3791 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 42% of the irrigation seasons in 1969-2012 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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