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PAYNE CANYON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3001176 · 1 · FLORIDA RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:46 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 1920-12-31 — 811th 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: CHASTAIN WELL (1905-12-31). Immediately behind: D-K BOG SPRING (1922-06-01).

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
44559.259321920-12-311972-12-31 1.00.0 CIRRDOM

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 79 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 48 AF — 61% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 141 15th lowest of 15 · 178% of median — 169 1.0
2012 104 11th lowest of 15 · 132% of median — 135 0.5
2013 39 2nd lowest of 15 · 49% of median — 76 0.4
2014 117 12th lowest of 15 · 148% of median — 185 0.5
2015 73 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median — 153 0.4
2016 93 9th lowest of 15 · 118% of median — 140 0.4
2017 121 13th lowest of 15 · 153% of median — 153 0.5
2018 38 1st lowest of 15 · 48% of median — 82 0.3
2019 124 14th lowest of 15 · 157% of median — 144 0.6
2020 77 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median — 112 0.4
2021 49 4th lowest of 15 · 62% of median — 87 0.4
2022 79 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 124 0.5
2023 103 10th lowest of 15 · 130% of median — 165 0.3
2024 63 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median — 136 0.2
2025 48 3rd lowest of 15 · 61% of median — 103 0.2

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.