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PEABODY SUTTON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3600770 · 1 · SOUTH FORK DEEP CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:45 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — 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 1904-07-02 — 229th most senior of the 1247 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: BENSON DITCH (1904-07-01). Immediately behind: HEIL NO 1 DITCH (1904-10-15).

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
19906.01904-07-021910-03-02 4.250.0 CIRR 159

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 316 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2011, came in at 276 AF — 87% 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)
1983 378 9th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 67 3.5
1995 520 14th lowest of 15 · 165% of median 87 4.5
1996 449 11th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 73 4.5
1997 630 15th lowest of 15 · 199% of median 124 4.5
1998 455 12th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 86 4.0
1999 316 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 50 4.5
2000 204 1st lowest of 15 · 65% of median 38 3.7
2003 260 4th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 72 3.2
2004 315 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 71 3.7
2005 461 13th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 55 4.3
2006 243 2nd lowest of 15 · 77% of median 78 2.8
2007 283 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 42 4.3
2009 257 3rd lowest of 15 · 81% of median 35 4.2
2010 392 10th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 44 4.6
2011 276 5th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 30 4.8

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 1746 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 23% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2011 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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