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HERRICK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800749 · 1 · MAROON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:04 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 1890-10-01 — 630th 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: MORTON WELL (1935-01-31). Immediately behind: MAROON CREEK DITCH NO 1 (1910-06-01).

Decreed rights (4)

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
31648.148841890-10-011940-02-05 9.30.0 CIRRAUG 440.5
37552.371021951-08-011958-06-20 51.560.0 CIRR 683
51125.01989-12-221989-12-31 4.00.0 CIRRCOMRECFISDOMWLD
57920.02008-07-302008-12-31 0.50.0 CIRRRECFISOTHWLD

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,631 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 2,942 AF — 112% of that, and 11th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2009 1,143 2nd lowest of 15 · 43% of median — 100 16.9
2010 1,196 3rd lowest of 15 · 46% of median — 117 16.9
2011 2,869 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median — 113 23.6
2012 2,174 6th lowest of 15 · 83% of median — 98 11.3
2013 478 1st lowest of 15 · 18% of median — 35 7.1
2014 2,229 7th lowest of 15 · 85% of median — 126 16.5
2016 3,904 14th lowest of 15 · 148% of median — 114 18.4
2017 2,837 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median — 97 14.9
2018 2,631 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 139 17.0
2019 2,041 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median — 107 16.8
2020 1,981 4th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 257 214 10.7
2021 3,347 12th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 553 214 18.1
2022 4,984 15th lowest of 15 · 189% of median — 135 18.8
2023 3,413 13th lowest of 15 · 130% of median — 146 16.1
2024 2,942 11th lowest of 15 · 112% of median — 146 16.2

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