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FREIENMUTH-MCCOY DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3001109 · 1 · PINE GULCH · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:17 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 1941-07-01 — 816th 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: ELMORE DITCH (1928-12-31). Immediately behind: BALL SPRING CANYON DITCH (1945-12-31).

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
44559.334191941-07-011972-12-31 0.750.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 20 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 20 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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 46 15th lowest of 15 · 230% of median 124 0.3
2012 17 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 52 0.2
2013 4 1st lowest of 15 · 20% of median 39 0.2
2014 18 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 76 0.2
2015 29 10th lowest of 15 · 145% of median 111 0.2
2016 34 11th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 104 0.2
2017 43 14th lowest of 15 · 215% of median 96 0.3
2018 6 2nd lowest of 15 · 30% of median 35 0.2
2019 40 13th lowest of 15 · 200% of median 77 0.5
2020 10 3rd lowest of 15 · 50% of median 59 0.2
2021 18 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 62 0.2
2022 25 9th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 72 0.2
2023 34 11th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 69 0.5
2024 14 4th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 47 0.2
2025 20 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 91 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 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 5049 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 45% of the irrigation seasons in 1973-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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