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JAKEMAN DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800782 · 1 · JAKEMAN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 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 in line

Priority 1910-06-01 — 848th 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: JOHNSON SPRING AND PL (1909-07-01). Immediately behind: JAKEMAN DITCH AP (1910-06-01).

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
37552.220661910-06-011958-06-20 3.50.0 CIRR 647

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 461 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 42 AF — 9% of that, and 2nd 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)
2006 528 12th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 133 2.3
2010 429 6th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 128 1.7
2011 521 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 135 2.4
2012 528 12th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 188 1.7
2014 470 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 140 1.7
2015 308 4th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 92 1.7
2016 409 5th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 122 1.7
2017 461 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 122 2.4
2018 656 14th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 140 2.4
2019 444 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 95 2.4
2020 694 15th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 148 2.4
2021 486 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 97 4.8
2022 115 3rd lowest of 15 · 25% of median 38 1.7
2023 26 1st lowest of 15 · 6% of median 6 3.3
2024 42 2nd lowest of 15 · 9% of median 22 1.1

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