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MEANS BROS. NO. 1 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 2800639 · 1 · COLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:57 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 1888-06-30 — 138th 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: W L PERRY NO 6 DITCH (1888-06-01). Immediately behind: MEANS BROS. NO. 5 DITCH (1888-06-30).

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
16192.140611888-06-301904-04-29 0.40.0 CIRR 98

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 42 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 4 AF — 10% of that, and 1st 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)
2011 32 5th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 70 0.3
2012 19 3rd lowest of 15 · 45% of median 104 0.3
2013 39 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 93 0.3
2014 158 14th lowest of 15 · 376% of median 138 1.0
2015 96 13th lowest of 15 · 229% of median 65 0.9
2016 175 15th lowest of 15 · 417% of median 83 3.6
2017 57 9th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 80 0.6
2018 38 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 140 0.2
2019 57 9th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 53 0.7
2020 59 11th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 58 0.5
2021 14 2nd lowest of 15 · 33% of median 38 0.2
2022 20 4th lowest of 15 · 48% of median 36 0.3
2023 42 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 37 0.7
2024 79 12th lowest of 15 · 188% of median 73 0.9
2025 4 1st lowest of 15 · 10% of median 12 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 4114 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 35% of the irrigation seasons in 1970-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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