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LONG HORN AND MEE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 2900653 · 1 · RIO BLANCO · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:38 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1899-12-31 — 175th 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: CARRICO DITCH (1899-12-31). Immediately behind: LATHAM DITCH (1900-04-10).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28645.18262 | 1899-12-31 | 1962-04-19 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | #232 |
| 43452.18262 | 1899-12-31 | 1970-12-31 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 52595.52401 | 1993-06-20 | 1994-12-31 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | IRRFIRSTK |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 332 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 231 AF — 70% of that, and 5th 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 | 816 | 13th lowest of 15 · 246% of median | 88 | 13.6 |
| 2012 | 2,157 | 15th lowest of 15 · 650% of median | 124 | 13.2 |
| 2013 | 874 | 14th lowest of 15 · 263% of median | 57 | 11.2 |
| 2014 | 603 | 11th lowest of 15 · 182% of median | 77 | 9.1 |
| 2015 | 30 | 1st lowest of 15 · 9% of median | 53 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 460 | 9th lowest of 15 · 139% of median | 76 | 6.3 |
| 2017 | 332 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 39 | 14.9 |
| 2018 | 315 | 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 79 | 4.6 |
| 2019 | 165 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 63 | 3.6 |
| 2020 | 304 | 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 75 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | 679 | 12th lowest of 15 · 204% of median | 154 | 5.1 |
| 2022 | 570 | 10th lowest of 15 · 172% of median | 121 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 142 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 43% of median | 102 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | 167 | 4th lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 99 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 231 | 5th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 108 | 1.9 |
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