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CLAVEL DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3800594 · 1 · LITTLE WOODY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:51 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 in line
Priority 1886-06-15 — 208th most senior of the 4788 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: JACOBS NO 2 DITCH (1886-06-01). Immediately behind: WILLOW AND OWL DITCH (1886-07-20).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13315.0 | 1886-06-15 | 1889-05-11 | 1.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 159 |
| 30941.24258 | 1916-06-01 | 1936-08-25 | 1.7 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 403B |
| 53809.0 | 1997-04-28 | 1997-12-31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFIRDOM |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 22 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 290 | 15th lowest of 15 · 1318% of median | 120 | 1.2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 88 | 11th lowest of 15 · 400% of median | 52 | 0.9 |
| 2011 | 109 | 12th lowest of 15 · 496% of median | 73 | 0.8 |
| 2012 | 179 | 14th lowest of 15 · 814% of median | 54 | 1.7 |
| 2014 | 22 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 18 | 0.8 |
| 2015 | 26 | 9th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 22 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 55 | 10th lowest of 15 · 250% of median | 40 | 0.7 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 138 | 13th lowest of 15 · 627% of median | 30 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
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