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HEDGES-CLARK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3001120 · 1 · PINE GULCH · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:52 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 in line

Priority 1904-08-11 — 390th 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: EAST MESA DITCH (1904-07-19). Immediately behind: WEST LATERAL DITCH (1905-05-01).

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
19946.01904-08-111923-11-08 4.20.0 CIRR F-62

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 174 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 208 AF — 120% of that, and 10th 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 249 11th lowest of 15 · 143% of median 130 2.5
2012 198 9th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 98 2.0
2013 32 2nd lowest of 15 · 18% of median 52 0.5
2014 135 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 121 1.0
2015 109 4th lowest of 15 · 63% of median 119 0.8
2016 258 12th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 132 1.5
2017 364 15th lowest of 15 · 209% of median 116 2.0
2018 94 3rd lowest of 15 · 54% of median 58 1.2
2019 350 14th lowest of 15 · 201% of median 125 2.0
2020 174 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 93 2.5
2021 28 1st lowest of 15 · 16% of median 69 0.3
2022 138 6th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 69 2.5
2023 319 13th lowest of 15 · 183% of median 127 2.8
2024 174 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 111 1.0
2025 208 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 98 2.0

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.