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POPPY PATCH DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3200821 · 1 · HARTMAN DRAW · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 in line

Priority 1971-12-31 — 416th 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: COAL BED DITCH AP (1986-11-19). Immediately behind: SCHEAR SPRING (1977-06-30).

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
50038.445591971-12-311987-12-31 0.20.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 15 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 8 AF — 53% 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 24 10th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 86 0.2
2012 37 13th lowest of 15 · 247% of median 142 0.2
2013 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 14 0.0
2014 10 5th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 59 0.2
2015 24 10th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 103 0.2
2016 38 14th lowest of 15 · 253% of median 118 0.3
2017 33 12th lowest of 15 · 220% of median 140 0.4
2018 2 2nd lowest of 15 · 13% of median 26 0.1
2019 14 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 67 0.2
2020 15 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 81 0.2
2021 6 3rd lowest of 15 · 40% of median 55 0.1
2022 10 5th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 45 0.2
2023 54 15th lowest of 15 · 360% of median 152 0.3
2024 16 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 62 0.2
2025 8 4th lowest of 15 · 53% of median 49 0.1

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