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DAVIES DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3201068 · 1 · HARTMAN DRAW · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:26 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 2006-01-17 — 597th 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: YOUNG DITCH (1960-06-25). Immediately behind: DAVIES POND (2006-01-17).

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
56995.02006-01-172006-12-31 0.50.0 CSTOIRR

Recorded use (last 10 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 18 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2017, came in at 2 AF — 11% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 10 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2008 58 9th lowest of 10 · 331% of median — 92 0.4
2009 79 10th lowest of 10 · 451% of median — 123 0.5
2010 14 4th lowest of 10 · 80% of median — 49 0.2
2011 0 1st lowest of 10 · 0% of median — 7 0.0
2012 36 8th lowest of 10 · 206% of median 6 229 0.2
2013 23 7th lowest of 10 · 131% of median 18 121 0.3
2014 7 3rd lowest of 10 · 40% of median 3 112 0.1
2015 20 6th lowest of 10 · 114% of median 13 126 0.2
2016 15 5th lowest of 10 · 86% of median 12 147 0.1
2017 2 2nd lowest of 10 · 11% of median 2 51 0.1

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 1057 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 52% of the irrigation seasons in 2008-2017 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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