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TORNAY HIGHLINE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 2800707 · 1 · QUARTZ CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:24 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 1912-07-15 — 457th 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: R I VADER DOMESTIC WELL (1911-09-01). Immediately behind: HUFF AND DICE DITCH (1882-05-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23158.22841 | 1912-07-15 | 1915-11-30 | 3.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 144 |
| 28311.22841 | 1912-07-15 | 1943-04-19 | 9.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 198 |
| 31564.0 | 1936-06-02 | 1943-04-19 | 7.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 319 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 3,067 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 5,864 AF — 191% of that, and 15th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4,079 | 13th lowest of 15 · 133% of median | 84 | 28.8 |
| 2012 | 359 | 1st lowest of 15 · 12% of median | 65 | 7.5 |
| 2013 | 1,996 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 65% of median | 68 | 26.2 |
| 2014 | 2,993 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 72 | 38.3 |
| 2015 | 4,086 | 14th lowest of 15 · 133% of median | 85 | 26.6 |
| 2016 | 3,831 | 12th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 82 | 28.5 |
| 2017 | 3,460 | 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 74 | 32.3 |
| 2018 | 2,576 | 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 106 | 26.6 |
| 2019 | 2,335 | 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 69 | 21.9 |
| 2020 | 3,429 | 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 123 | 27.2 |
| 2021 | 2,680 | 6th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 75 | 23.6 |
| 2022 | 3,584 | 11th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 108 | 29.7 |
| 2023 | 3,067 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 89 | 21.9 |
| 2024 | 2,080 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 109 | 21.9 |
| 2025 | 5,864 | 15th lowest of 15 · 191% of median | 96 | 34.9 |
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