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HARDING SPRING W W DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3800731 · 1 · CRYSTAL SPRING 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 1898-03-15 — 249th 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: MEYER WELL (1885-04-01). Immediately behind: MUD SPRINGS DITCH (1899-10-07).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17606.0 | 1898-03-15 | 1900-02-20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 212 |
| 32907.31655 | 1936-09-01 | 1949-08-25 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 449 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 875 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,093 AF — 125% of that, and 14th 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 | 745 | 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 155 | 2.9 |
| 2009 | 875 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 193 | 2.3 |
| 2010 | 661 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 189 | 2.2 |
| 2011 | 726 | 4th lowest of 15 · 83% of median | 152 | 2.8 |
| 2012 | 512 | 1st lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 163 | 1.8 |
| 2013 | 956 | 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 166 | 4.6 |
| 2014 | 1,049 | 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 194 | 3.0 |
| 2016 | 1,310 | 15th lowest of 15 · 150% of median | 186 | 4.6 |
| 2017 | 555 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 63% of median | 139 | 4.7 |
| 2019 | 937 | 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 152 | 5.0 |
| 2020 | 1,081 | 13th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 172 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 751 | 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 156 | 4.0 |
| 2022 | 1,018 | 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 161 | 4.9 |
| 2023 | 833 | 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 126 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 1,093 | 14th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 150 | 4.5 |
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