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FRANCES LOUISE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 2601167 · 1 · WERNER ARROYO · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:40 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1988-05-01 — 1541st most senior of the 1548 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: USFS QP51W (1934-05-03). Immediately behind: JUNGERT DRAINAGE D NO 1 (1997-05-15).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54421.50525 | 1988-05-01 | 1999-12-31 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 28 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 230 AF — 821% of that, and 14th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 157 | 13th lowest of 15 · 561% of median | 112 | 3.0 |
| 2008 | 17 | 5th lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 54 | 1.0 |
| 2009 | 60 | 11th lowest of 15 · 214% of median | 63 | 2.0 |
| 2010 | 53 | 10th lowest of 15 · 189% of median | 73 | 0.7 |
| 2011 | 17 | 5th lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 64 | 0.7 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 38 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 34 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 34 | 9th lowest of 15 · 121% of median | 76 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 154 | 12th lowest of 15 · 550% of median | 62 | 4.0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 5 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 449 | 15th lowest of 15 · 1604% of median | 99 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | 28 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 111 | 0.5 |
| 2021 | 27 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 107 | 0.5 |
| 2022 | 230 | 14th lowest of 15 · 821% of median | 131 | 2.0 |
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