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REINECKE DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 2801068 · 1 · QUARTZ CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:32 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 1976-07-08 — 1186th 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: ARCHULETA CREEK (1984-05-04). Immediately behind: REINECKE DITCH NO 2 (1976-07-08).

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
49308.46211976-07-081985-12-31 1.00.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 116 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2009, came in at 51 AF — 44% of that, and 5th 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)
1988 314 12th lowest of 15 · 271% of median 117 2.0
1989 349 13th lowest of 15 · 301% of median 95 2.0
1990 1,961 15th lowest of 15 · 1690% of median 135 12.0
1991 381 14th lowest of 15 · 328% of median 57 4.0
1992 127 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 73 1.0
1993 171 10th lowest of 15 · 147% of median 67 1.5
1994 51 5th lowest of 15 · 44% of median 44 1.0
1999 197 11th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 153 1.0
2000 68 7th lowest of 15 · 59% of median 138 0.2
2001 15 1st lowest of 15 · 13% of median 76 0.2
2003 26 2nd lowest of 15 · 22% of median 57 0.2
2004 29 4th lowest of 15 · 25% of median 76 0.2
2007 26 2nd lowest of 15 · 22% of median 169 0.2
2008 116 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 158 1.0
2009 51 5th lowest of 15 · 44% of median 169 0.5

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 1584 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 34% of the irrigation seasons in 1988-2009 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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