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JOHN SEEPAGE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3400539 · 1 · PERKINS DRAW · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 1925-12-31 — 367th most senior of the 495 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: WILLIAMS DITCH (1925-06-01). Immediately behind: EAST MANCOS HIGHLINE DITCH EXTENSION (EX (1927-05-15).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30667.27758 | 1925-12-31 | 1963-03-22 | 2.25 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMSTK | 62-36 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 112 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2016, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 250 | 14th lowest of 15 · 223% of median | 99 | 1.5 |
| 2001 | 75 | 7th lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 73 | 0.6 |
| 2003 | 206 | 12th lowest of 15 · 184% of median | 122 | 1.2 |
| 2004 | 419 | 15th lowest of 15 · 374% of median | 146 | 2.0 |
| 2005 | 138 | 10th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 116 | 1.0 |
| 2006 | 181 | 11th lowest of 15 · 162% of median | 126 | 1.2 |
| 2007 | 112 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 114 | 0.5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 137 | 9th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 106 | 1.0 |
| 2011 | 220 | 13th lowest of 15 · 196% of median | 112 | 1.0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 10 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 10 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 19 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 15 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 10 | 0.0 |
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