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JONES WASTE WATER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3400681 · 1 · WEST MANCOS RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:13 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 1991-09-04 — 421st 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: WESLEY SHEEK WW DITCH (1991-09-04). Immediately behind: SPENCER RESERVOIR (1940-12-12).

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
51746.01991-09-041991-12-31 1.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 12 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 58 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2009, came in at 13 AF — 23% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 12 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)
1994 19 4th lowest of 12 · 33% of median 13 0.8
1995 11 2nd lowest of 12 · 19% of median 13 0.5
1996 0 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median 2 0.0
1997 125 11th lowest of 12 · 217% of median 95 0.7
1998 66 8th lowest of 12 · 115% of median 37 1.0
1999 164 12th lowest of 12 · 285% of median 96 1.0
2004 72 10th lowest of 12 · 125% of median 48 1.0
2005 65 7th lowest of 12 · 113% of median 42 0.8
2006 38 5th lowest of 12 · 66% of median 44 0.5
2007 71 9th lowest of 12 · 124% of median 38 1.0
2008 50 6th lowest of 12 · 87% of median 52 0.5
2009 13 3rd lowest of 12 · 23% of median 23 0.5

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 503 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 16% of the irrigation seasons in 1994-2009 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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