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MAGNIFICO W W DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3800850 · 1 · ROARING FORK RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:36 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 1950-09-11 — 798th 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: DEANE FISH PONDS & DITCH (1950-09-01). Immediately behind: MAGNIFICO W W FILING (1950-09-11).

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
36778.01950-09-111952-10-24 1.00.0 CIRRFISOTH 616

Recorded use (last 12 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 136 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1999, came in at 151 AF — 111% of that, and 7th lowest of the 12 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 24 1st lowest of 12 · 18% of median 61 0.2
1976 121 6th lowest of 12 · 89% of median 305 0.2
1977 73 2nd lowest of 12 · 54% of median 184 0.2
1978 73 2nd lowest of 12 · 54% of median 184 0.2
1980 152 8th lowest of 12 · 112% of median 153 0.5
1981 120 5th lowest of 12 · 88% of median 122 0.5
1982 119 4th lowest of 12 · 88% of median 121 0.5
1983 152 8th lowest of 12 · 112% of median 153 0.5
1984 169 11th lowest of 12 · 124% of median 170 0.5
1985 174 12th lowest of 12 · 128% of median 175 0.5
1998 162 10th lowest of 12 · 119% of median 110 0.8
1999 151 7th lowest of 12 · 111% of median 128 0.6

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 1866 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 36% 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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