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COCKRELL DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 2900565 · 1 · HORSE GULCH · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:11 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1895-07-31 — 115th most senior of the 853 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: MOUNTAIN PARK DITCH (1894-06-01). Immediately behind: JOHN M RIPPY DITCH (1896-06-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16648.0 | 1895-07-31 | 1902-01-20 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | #88 |
| 51499.35945 | 1948-05-31 | 1991-12-31 | 1.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 53162.0 | 1995-07-21 | 1995-12-31 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 146 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 146 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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 | 143 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 94 | 1.2 |
| 2012 | 132 | 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 118 | 1.0 |
| 2013 | 184 | 11th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 126 | 1.9 |
| 2014 | 170 | 9th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 128 | 1.4 |
| 2015 | 50 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 34% of median | 111 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 74 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 51% of median | 129 | 1.0 |
| 2017 | 233 | 13th lowest of 15 · 160% of median | 130 | 3.3 |
| 2018 | 40 | 1st lowest of 15 · 27% of median | 100 | 0.7 |
| 2019 | 197 | 12th lowest of 15 · 135% of median | 84 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 123 | 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 83 | 1.9 |
| 2021 | 179 | 10th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 122 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 121 | 4th lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 138 | 0.6 |
| 2023 | 329 | 15th lowest of 15 · 225% of median | 161 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 277 | 14th lowest of 15 · 190% of median | 135 | 2.1 |
| 2025 | 146 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 164 | 1.4 |
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