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LINDVIG DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800825 · 1 · SNOWMASS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:40 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 1901-07-25 — 270th 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: ROWAN DITCH (1897-05-01). Immediately behind: RED ROCK BLUFF DITCH (1901-10-25).

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
19164.188331901-07-251902-11-10 1.20.0 CIRR 215

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 276 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2003, came in at 240 AF — 87% of that, and 6th 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)
1975 540 14th lowest of 15 · 196% of median 137 2.0
1976 301 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 153 1.0
1977 655 15th lowest of 15 · 237% of median 165 2.0
1978 532 12th lowest of 15 · 193% of median 134 2.0
1979 532 12th lowest of 15 · 193% of median 134 2.0
1981 202 5th lowest of 15 · 73% of median 103 1.0
1982 200 4th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 102 1.0
1983 266 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 134 1.0
1984 337 11th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 170 1.0
1985 276 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 140 1.0
1997 108 1st lowest of 15 · 39% of median 53 1.2
1998 132 3rd lowest of 15 · 48% of median 71 1.0
1999 116 2nd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 65 1.0
2000 328 10th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 139 1.2
2003 240 6th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 102 1.2

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 1802 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 30% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2003 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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