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RANKIN NO 1 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3600784 · 1 · STRAIGHT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:21 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 1883-05-18 — 49th 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: HOAGLAND CANAL (SOUTH SPRUCE) (1883-04-24). Immediately behind: RANKIN NO 1 DITCH AP (1883-05-18).

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
12191.01883-05-181910-03-02 3.50.0 CIRRMUNRECDOM 16

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 338 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1986, came in at 3 AF — 1% of that, and 2nd 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)
1970 338 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 304 0.6
1971 76 4th lowest of 15 · 22% of median 130 0.3
1972 60 3rd lowest of 15 · 18% of median 137 0.3
1973 1,206 13th lowest of 15 · 357% of median 304 2.0
1974 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
1975 181 5th lowest of 15 · 54% of median 61 1.5
1976 1,089 12th lowest of 15 · 322% of median 366 1.5
1977 1,086 11th lowest of 15 · 321% of median 365 1.5
1978 904 9th lowest of 15 · 268% of median 304 1.5
1979 181 5th lowest of 15 · 54% of median 61 1.5
1980 1,210 14th lowest of 15 · 358% of median 366 2.5
1981 1,507 15th lowest of 15 · 446% of median 304 2.5
1982 181 5th lowest of 15 · 54% of median 61 1.5
1983 904 9th lowest of 15 · 268% of median 304 1.5
1986 3 2nd lowest of 15 · 1% of median 1 1.5

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