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H O R DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3700655 · 1 · GYPSUM CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 03:37 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 1882-04-30 — 8th 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: DAGGETT AND PARKER DITCH (1882-04-30). Immediately behind: NEUBAUER DITCH (1882-04-30).
Decreed rights (10)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11808.0 | 1882-04-30 | 1889-12-17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 2 |
| 11808.0 | 1882-04-30 | 1889-12-17 | 0.3 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 2 |
| 13752.0 | 1887-08-26 | 1889-12-17 | 2.73 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 57 |
| 14001.0 | 1888-05-01 | 1889-12-17 | 0.56 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 67 |
| 14061.0 | 1888-06-30 | 1889-12-17 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRCOMIND | 69 |
| 14081.0 | 1888-07-20 | 1889-12-17 | 0.24 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 71 |
| 14463.0 | 1889-08-06 | 1889-12-17 | 1.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 86 |
| 20427.19936 | 1904-08-01 | 1907-06-04 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 247 |
| 23802.2374 | 1914-12-31 | 1915-06-07 | 11.06 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 247EX, 57E |
| 55694.0 | 2002-06-26 | 2002-12-31 | 0.0 | 3.0 | C | IRRCOMRECFISFIRAUGOTHWLD |
Legal record & documents
17 decreed actions on record across
9 court cases:
02CW0388, CA0873, CA0294, 85CW0548, W2192, CA0875, CA0374, 94CW0204, 06CW0198.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
02CW0388 | 1 | 2002-12-31 | S |
CA0873 | 2 | 1915-06-07 | O, S |
CA0294 | 6 | 1915-06-07 | O, S |
85CW0548 | 2 | 1915-06-07 | S |
W2192 | 1 | 1889-12-17 | O |
CA0875 | 1 | 1889-12-17 | O |
CA0374 | 2 | 1889-12-17 | O |
94CW0204 | 1 | 1889-12-17 | O |
06CW0198 | 1 | 1889-12-17 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,172 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,839 AF — 131% of that, and 13th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,492 | 15th lowest of 15 · 161% of median | 180 | 14.2 |
| 2011 | 2,172 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 162 | 9.6 |
| 2012 | 2,300 | 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 200 | 11.3 |
| 2013 | 1,546 | 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 177 | 13.4 |
| 2014 | 1,953 | 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 184 | 11.3 |
| 2015 | 2,321 | 11th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 215 | 11.5 |
| 2016 | 2,938 | 14th lowest of 15 · 135% of median | 185 | 11.9 |
| 2017 | 2,223 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 142 | 10.7 |
| 2018 | 830 | 1st lowest of 15 · 38% of median | 179 | 6.7 |
| 2019 | 1,854 | 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 138 | 7.7 |
| 2020 | 1,175 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 181 | 20.5 |
| 2021 | 1,008 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 46% of median | 182 | 7.1 |
| 2022 | 2,112 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 184 | 13.5 |
| 2023 | 2,830 | 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 151 | 11.3 |
| 2024 | 2,839 | 13th lowest of 15 · 131% of median | 211 | 10.6 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 10 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 9374 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 60% of the irrigation seasons in 1951-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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