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BURNS & DUNCAN DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 1900586 · 1 · PURGATOIRE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:07 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 1866-01-01 — 34th 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: BURNS & DUNCAN DITCH (PUMP) (1866-01-01). Immediately behind: JUAN VASQUEZ DITCH (1866-02-28).

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
5845.01866-01-011903-08-10 2.750.0 CIRR 21

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 351 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 354 AF — 101% of that, and 9th 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)
2010 336 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 92 2.2
2011 377 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 111 2.0
2012 552 12th lowest of 15 · 157% of median 128 2.6
2013 25 1st lowest of 15 · 7% of median 7 3.2
2014 351 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 113 2.1
2015 334 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 95 2.5
2016 228 3rd lowest of 15 · 65% of median 70 2.5
2017 211 2nd lowest of 15 · 60% of median 73 2.3
2018 351 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 101 2.5
2019 301 4th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 68 2.5
2020 570 14th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 133 2.5
2021 555 13th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 159 2.4
2022 692 15th lowest of 15 · 197% of median 165 2.4
2023 471 11th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 114 2.2
2024 354 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 100 2.3

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.