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MCCLUER AND MURRAY DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3001009 · 1 · FLORIDA RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 05:25 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 1881-05-15 — 207th most senior of the 2277 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: PENNINGTON-CONWAY DITCH (1881-05-15). Immediately behind: MILLER DITCH (1881-05-15).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
11458.01881-05-151923-11-08 1.12040.0 CIRR F-10
19848.01904-05-051923-11-08 4.620.0 CIRR F-60
19888.01904-06-141923-11-08 1.1670.0 CIRR F-61

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 501 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 485 AF — 97% of that, and 6th 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 595 14th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 153 4.1
2012 527 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 166 2.9
2013 594 13th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 155 2.7
2014 501 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 154 3.0
2015 349 1st lowest of 15 · 70% of median 147 2.0
2016 376 2nd lowest of 15 · 75% of median 145 2.3
2017 488 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 179 2.9
2018 378 3rd lowest of 15 · 75% of median 122 3.0
2019 869 15th lowest of 15 · 174% of median 159 4.8
2020 383 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 214 2.5
2021 537 11th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 365 2.3
2022 587 12th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 365 2.9
2023 534 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 365 2.3
2024 468 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 366 2.3
2025 485 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 304 2.4

How good is our record of it?

Grade A (9/10 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 3 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 17164 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 83% of the irrigation seasons in 1928-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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