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FAWELL DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3200560 · 1 · DAWSON DRAW · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:47 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (f6d7fdc) — 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 1918-03-15 — 173rd most senior of the 638 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: EDMONSON WELL (1917-05-01). Immediately behind: AUGUST THOMAS DITCH (1919-03-15).

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
24910.01918-03-151962-08-14 0.950.0 CIRRDOM 62-45

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 119 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 102 AF — 86% of that, and 4th 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 102 4th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 136 0.9
2012 145 12th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 128 0.9
2013 102 4th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 135 0.8
2014 124 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 150 0.5
2015 168 13th lowest of 15 · 141% of median 168 0.9
2016 124 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 120 1.2
2017 118 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 159 0.7
2018 59 3rd lowest of 15 · 50% of median 122 0.3
2019 140 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 170 0.8
2020 52 2nd lowest of 15 · 44% of median 110 0.4
2021 45 1st lowest of 15 · 38% of median 96 0.6
2022 119 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 142 0.7
2023 188 14th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 131 1.2
2024 226 15th lowest of 15 · 190% of median 141 1.4
2025 102 4th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 141 0.5

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 7326 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 57% of the irrigation seasons in 1965-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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