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ERICKSON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3700593 · 1 · EAGLE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:18 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 1891-05-01 — 116th most senior of the 2162 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: VAIL WTR & SAN WELL NO 3 (1890-05-01). Immediately behind: BURNISON DITCH (1892-01-14).

Decreed rights (2)

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
15096.01891-05-011894-06-29 1.50.0 CIRRAUG 106
20427.184531900-07-101907-12-09 2.2820.0 CIRRCOMINDFISAUG D53172

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 99 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2004, came in at 79 AF — 80% of that, and 6th 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)
1990 901 14th lowest of 15 · 910% of median 152 3.5
1991 978 15th lowest of 15 · 988% of median 150 4.0
1992 207 11th lowest of 15 · 209% of median 123 1.1
1993 65 4th lowest of 15 · 66% of median 35 1.0
1994 56 2nd lowest of 15 · 57% of median 29 1.0
1995 269 12th lowest of 15 · 272% of median 114 1.2
1996 269 12th lowest of 15 · 272% of median 114 1.2
1997 73 5th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 123 0.3
1998 61 3rd lowest of 15 · 62% of median 103 0.3
1999 99 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 168 0.3
2000 101 10th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 171 0.3
2001 99 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 168 0.3
2002 17 1st lowest of 15 · 17% of median 29 0.3
2003 86 7th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 146 0.3
2004 79 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 134 0.3

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