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DAVISON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800629 · 1 · FRYINGPAN RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:35 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 1887-06-01 — 358th 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: HUNTER DITCH (1897-08-01). Immediately behind: SHEHI DITCH (1888-02-10).

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
22603.136661887-06-011911-11-21 0.460.0 CIRR 179D

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 121 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 154 AF — 127% of that, and 9th 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)
2009 74 2nd lowest of 15 · 61% of median 75 0.5
2010 82 3rd lowest of 15 · 68% of median 89 0.8
2011 9 1st lowest of 15 · 7% of median 12 0.4
2012 105 5th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 144 0.6
2014 121 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 87 0.8
2015 99 4th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 112 0.8
2016 154 9th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 119 1.0
2017 113 6th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 111 0.7
2018 178 11th lowest of 15 · 147% of median 152 0.9
2019 190 12th lowest of 15 · 157% of median 109 1.2
2020 283 15th lowest of 15 · 234% of median 168 1.1
2021 120 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 124 0.5
2022 196 13th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 113 1.3
2023 273 14th lowest of 15 · 226% of median 127 1.3
2024 154 9th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 113 0.7

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 5484 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 37% of the irrigation seasons in 1955-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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