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JOHN M KING WEST DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3100561 · 1 · ROCK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:22 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 1903-11-17 — 333rd most senior of the 1037 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: JOHN M KING EAST DITCH (1903-11-17). Immediately behind: JOHN M KING WEST DITCH AP (1903-11-17).

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
19678.01903-11-171934-06-12 1.50.0 CIRR ID-1

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 252 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2017, came in at 181 AF — 72% of that, and 3rd 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)
2003 167 2nd lowest of 15 · 66% of median 112 1.5
2004 198 4th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 142 1.5
2005 252 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 148 1.7
2006 208 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 146 1.8
2007 313 11th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 136 1.8
2008 333 13th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 144 1.8
2009 459 15th lowest of 15 · 182% of median 165 2.2
2010 271 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 155 2.0
2011 270 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 146 1.5
2012 136 1st lowest of 15 · 54% of median 141 1.0
2013 200 5th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 141 1.2
2014 346 14th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 162 1.8
2015 224 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 165 1.2
2016 315 12th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 145 1.2
2017 181 3rd lowest of 15 · 72% of median 154 0.9

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