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BANKS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3001032 · 1 · LONE PINE GULCH · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:30 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 1912-05-10 — 415th 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: ISRAEL HAND DUG WELL (1912-02-01). Immediately behind: BASEY DITCH (1912-05-10).

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
22775.01912-05-101923-11-08 1.50.0 CIRR F-88

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 38 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 35 AF — 92% 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 118 14th lowest of 15 · 310% of median 131 0.7
2012 153 15th lowest of 15 · 403% of median 150 1.5
2013 57 12th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 155 0.5
2014 48 11th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 116 0.3
2015 38 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 100 0.2
2016 43 9th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 84 0.5
2017 18 2nd lowest of 15 · 47% of median 103 0.1
2018 27 3rd lowest of 15 · 71% of median 114 0.2
2019 72 13th lowest of 15 · 190% of median 169 0.2
2020 31 5th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 124 0.2
2021 14 1st lowest of 15 · 37% of median 86 0.1
2022 30 4th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 137 0.2
2023 43 9th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 125 0.2
2024 38 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 130 0.2
2025 35 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 156 0.2

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 3870 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 19% 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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