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HAWK DITCH (SPRINGS)

Structure dossier · WDID 3800744 · 4 · CENTER CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:56 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 1912-01-01 — 590th 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: SMITH DITCH NO 2 (1910-05-01). Immediately behind: SMITH FORK DITCH (1912-05-05).

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
30941.226451912-01-011936-08-25 0.910.0 CIRR 388

Recorded use (last 13 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 169 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1999, came in at 125 AF — 74% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 13 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)
1975 197 9th lowest of 13 · 117% of median 153 0.8
1976 325 13th lowest of 13 · 192% of median 165 1.0
1977 292 12th lowest of 13 · 173% of median 184 0.8
1978 262 10th lowest of 13 · 155% of median 165 0.8
1979 262 10th lowest of 13 · 155% of median 165 0.8
1980 169 6th lowest of 13 · 100% of median 170 0.5
1981 120 2nd lowest of 13 · 71% of median 122 0.5
1982 119 1st lowest of 13 · 70% of median 121 0.5
1983 152 5th lowest of 13 · 90% of median 153 0.5
1984 169 6th lowest of 13 · 100% of median 170 0.5
1985 169 6th lowest of 13 · 100% of median 170 0.5
1998 137 4th lowest of 13 · 81% of median 111 0.9
1999 125 3rd lowest of 13 · 74% of median 98 0.8

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 1947 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 37% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-1999 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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