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FONDER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800683 · 1 · CATTLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:35 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 1886-04-15 — 197th 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: DELCON SPRING GULCH D (1886-04-15). Immediately behind: FONDER DITCH NO 2 (1886-04-15).

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
13254.01886-04-151889-05-11 0.1950.0 CIRR 139

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 96 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 96 AF — 100% of that, and 7th 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)
2008 113 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 103 1.9
2009 53 2nd lowest of 15 · 55% of median 79 0.4
2010 160 15th lowest of 15 · 167% of median 158 0.9
2011 123 12th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 80 1.6
2012 112 10th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 190 0.9
2013 96 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 176 1.4
2014 126 13th lowest of 15 · 131% of median 194 0.8
2015 129 14th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 189 0.9
2017 60 3rd lowest of 15 · 62% of median 157 0.2
2018 62 4th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 105 1.5
2019 108 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 134 1.2
2020 18 1st lowest of 15 · 19% of median 56 0.4
2021 94 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 190 0.5
2022 76 5th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 169 0.4
2023 96 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 113 0.7

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 8780 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 56% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2023 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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