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CLARK IRRIGATION DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3001362 · 1 · SALT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:17 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 1917-12-31 — 1047th 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: FJERSTAD WELL #2 (1897-01-01). Immediately behind: HJERMSTAD WASTE DITCH #1 (1917-12-31).

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
47481.248361917-12-311980-12-31 1.50.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 54 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 18 AF — 33% of that, and 2nd 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 114 11th lowest of 15 · 211% of median 148 0.7
2012 54 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 156 0.4
2013 45 6th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 155 0.2
2014 68 10th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 119 0.3
2015 118 12th lowest of 15 · 218% of median 144 0.5
2016 33 4th lowest of 15 · 61% of median 115 0.3
2017 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 21 0.0
2018 38 5th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 107 0.2
2019 127 13th lowest of 15 · 235% of median 167 0.8
2020 159 15th lowest of 15 · 294% of median 138 1.0
2021 57 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 80 0.8
2022 154 14th lowest of 15 · 285% of median 143 0.8
2023 19 3rd lowest of 15 · 35% of median 53 0.3
2024 47 7th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 100 0.2
2025 18 2nd lowest of 15 · 33% of median 86 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 4904 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 53% of the irrigation seasons in 1982-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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