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MCKENZIE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3700704 · 1 · BRUSH CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:37 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1887-05-15 — 76th 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: ADAMS RIB WELL AR-2 (1887-05-01). Immediately behind: WILKINSON DITCH (1887-10-30).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13649.0 | 1887-05-15 | 1889-12-17 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 55 |
| 30894.26906 | 1923-09-01 | 1936-10-03 | 3.25 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 455OO |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 277 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 229 | 7th lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 182 | 0.9 |
| 2007 | 146 | 5th lowest of 15 · 53% of median | 144 | 0.6 |
| 2008 | 161 | 6th lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 164 | 0.5 |
| 2009 | 336 | 9th lowest of 15 · 121% of median | 123 | 1.6 |
| 2010 | 370 | 11th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 123 | 2.2 |
| 2011 | 494 | 12th lowest of 15 · 178% of median | 126 | 3.0 |
| 2012 | 559 | 13th lowest of 15 · 202% of median | 178 | 1.9 |
| 2013 | 826 | 15th lowest of 15 · 298% of median | 95 | 7.9 |
| 2014 | 785 | 14th lowest of 15 · 283% of median | 106 | 5.4 |
| 2015 | 344 | 10th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 80 | 5.4 |
| 2016 | 277 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 155 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 132 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 48% of median | 108 | 2.7 |
| 2018 | 132 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 48% of median | 42 | 1.9 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
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