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TAYLOR SPRING DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3300520 · 1 · LA PLATA RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:07 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 1882-05-01 — 171st most senior of the 364 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: LORY SPRING DITCH (1882-05-01). Immediately behind: WILLOW CREEK DITCH (1882-08-15).

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
17544.118091882-05-011915-06-23 1.00.0 CIRR #24

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 31 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1988, came in at 26 AF — 84% of that, and 5th 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)
1974 68 14th lowest of 15 · 219% of median 165 0.4
1975 97 15th lowest of 15 · 313% of median 119 1.0
1976 58 13th lowest of 15 · 187% of median 155 0.2
1977 33 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 148 0.2
1978 39 11th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 112 0.2
1979 27 7th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 56 0.5
1980 31 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 76 0.3
1981 51 12th lowest of 15 · 164% of median 104 0.3
1982 12 1st lowest of 15 · 39% of median 51 0.2
1983 14 2nd lowest of 15 · 45% of median 53 0.2
1984 19 3rd lowest of 15 · 61% of median 53 0.3
1985 38 10th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 79 0.3
1986 22 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 56 0.3
1987 26 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 59 0.3
1988 26 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 58 0.3

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 1409 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 36% of the irrigation seasons in 1970-1988 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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