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HOEHNE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 1900571 · 1 · PURGATOIRE RIVER · 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 1863-01-01 — 20th most senior of the 735 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: CHILILI DITCH (1862-04-30). Immediately behind: REYS MONTOYA DITCH (1863-02-01).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4749.0 | 1863-01-01 | 1903-08-10 | 4.72 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 9 |
| 5214.0 | 1864-04-10 | 1919-01-10 | 0.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 15 |
| 5759.0 | 1865-10-07 | 1903-08-10 | 16.65 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 20 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 5,010 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 5,113 AF — 102% of that, and 10th 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 | 5,113 | 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 137 | 25.5 |
| 2011 | 1,857 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 37% of median | 116 | 21.4 |
| 2012 | 987 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 20% of median | 134 | 22.1 |
| 2013 | 2,520 | 4th lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 151 | 23.7 |
| 2014 | 3,382 | 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 156 | 22.0 |
| 2015 | 262 | 1st lowest of 15 · 5% of median | 21 | 19.2 |
| 2016 | 5,279 | 14th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 157 | 25.6 |
| 2017 | 4,264 | 6th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 161 | 24.9 |
| 2018 | 5,213 | 13th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 198 | 24.4 |
| 2019 | 5,145 | 12th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 199 | 24.5 |
| 2020 | 5,066 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 170 | 24.5 |
| 2021 | 4,808 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 198 | 25.2 |
| 2022 | 5,010 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 199 | 24.9 |
| 2023 | 14,808 | 15th lowest of 15 · 296% of median | 214 | 48.2 |
| 2024 | 5,113 | 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 198 | 24.2 |
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