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HJERMSTAD WASTE DITCH #1

Structure dossier · WDID 3001363 · 1 · SALT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:51 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 1917-12-31 — 1048th 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: CLARK IRRIGATION DITCH (1917-12-31). Immediately behind: WEST-MARTIN DITCH (1957-05-31).

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 161 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 42 AF — 26% of that, and 1st 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 161 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 148 0.8
2012 136 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 162 0.8
2013 85 4th lowest of 15 · 53% of median 155 0.4
2014 200 10th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 150 0.8
2015 102 5th lowest of 15 · 63% of median 144 0.5
2016 145 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 142 0.8
2017 275 15th lowest of 15 · 171% of median 130 1.5
2018 54 2nd lowest of 15 · 34% of median 101 0.4
2019 205 11th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 135 1.0
2020 221 13th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 157 1.0
2021 167 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 136 1.0
2022 220 12th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 156 0.8
2023 226 14th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 152 1.0
2024 81 3rd lowest of 15 · 50% of median 117 0.4
2025 42 1st lowest of 15 · 26% of median 60 0.8

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.