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CLARK NO 3 DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 2800529 · 1 · TOMICHI CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:08 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 1888-06-01 — 133rd most senior of the 1505 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: CLARK NO 2 DITCH (1888-06-01). Immediately behind: GUENTHER NO 2 DITCH (1888-06-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16192.14032 | 1888-06-01 | 1904-04-29 | 2.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 98 |
| 28311.14032 | 1888-06-01 | 1943-04-19 | 7.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 255 |
| 54786.14032 | 1888-06-01 | 2000-12-31 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | STK |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 953 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,162 AF — 122% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1,556 | 12th lowest of 15 · 163% of median | 86 | 11.3 |
| 2010 | 948 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 104 | 9.9 |
| 2011 | 1,709 | 14th lowest of 15 · 179% of median | 97 | 15.0 |
| 2012 | 714 | 4th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 58 | 11.5 |
| 2013 | 744 | 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 72 | 7.2 |
| 2014 | 793 | 6th lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 67 | 6.9 |
| 2015 | 1,374 | 11th lowest of 15 · 144% of median | 98 | 12.0 |
| 2016 | 2,074 | 15th lowest of 15 · 218% of median | 126 | 9.3 |
| 2017 | 1,702 | 13th lowest of 15 · 179% of median | 73 | 21.6 |
| 2018 | 712 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 68 | 9.3 |
| 2019 | 509 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 53% of median | 52 | 8.0 |
| 2020 | 999 | 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 79 | 7.5 |
| 2021 | 382 | 1st lowest of 15 · 40% of median | 45 | 5.8 |
| 2022 | 953 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 91 | 6.2 |
| 2024 | 1,162 | 10th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 118 | 5.1 |
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