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NO 14 PICKUP DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3201004 · 1 · DAWSON DRAW · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:11 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 1998-12-15 — 543rd 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: YELLOW JACKET PUMP (1998-06-04). Immediately behind: ERTEL DRAINAGE PIPE (1992-07-31).

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
54405.01998-12-151998-12-31 1.50.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 96 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 0 AF — 0% 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 128 13th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 136 0.5
2012 133 15th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 142 0.5
2013 108 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 110 0.5
2014 127 12th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 150 0.5
2015 109 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 136 0.5
2016 78 6th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 148 0.3
2017 59 4th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 106 0.3
2018 37 3rd lowest of 15 · 38% of median 76 0.3
2019 101 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 129 0.5
2020 90 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 99 0.5
2021 68 5th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 83 0.5
2022 96 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 122 0.5
2023 128 13th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 132 0.5
2024 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 12 0.0
2025 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 7 0.0

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 2985 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 57% of the irrigation seasons in 2001-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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