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HECHT DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 3100767 · 1 · ROCK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:36 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 1940-05-01 — 604th 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: PAT'S POND (1979-08-01). Immediately behind: DENTON DITCH (1940-05-01).

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
47481.329931940-05-011980-12-31 1.00.0 CIRR

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, 2015, came in at 57 AF — 106% of that, and 9th 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)
2001 64 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 136 0.5
2002 12 1st lowest of 15 · 22% of median 30 0.3
2003 26 2nd lowest of 15 · 48% of median 63 0.3
2004 84 14th lowest of 15 · 156% of median 94 1.0
2005 88 15th lowest of 15 · 163% of median 105 0.8
2006 72 12th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 92 1.1
2007 54 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 99 0.6
2008 42 3rd lowest of 15 · 78% of median 95 0.8
2009 76 13th lowest of 15 · 141% of median 118 0.5
2010 53 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 98 0.4
2011 63 10th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 102 0.8
2012 50 4th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 88 0.5
2013 51 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 87 0.4
2014 50 4th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 91 0.5
2015 57 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 111 0.4

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 2950 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 41% of the irrigation seasons in 1982-2015 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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