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SWEARINGEN DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3801035 · 1 · DRY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:27 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1886-03-05 — 195th 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: ASPEN GLEN WELL NO 7 (1885-11-02). Immediately behind: DELCON SPRING GULCH D (1886-04-15).

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
13213.01886-03-051889-05-11 0.70.0 CIRROTH 136.5

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 110 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2000, came in at 61 AF — 56% of that, and 3rd 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)
1976 83 5th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 61 0.7
1978 52 2nd lowest of 15 · 47% of median 53 0.5
1979 143 10th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 144 0.5
1980 303 15th lowest of 15 · 276% of median 153 1.0
1981 79 4th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 41 1.0
1982 117 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 60 1.0
1983 182 12th lowest of 15 · 166% of median 93 1.0
1984 216 13th lowest of 15 · 196% of median 110 1.0
1985 276 14th lowest of 15 · 251% of median 140 1.0
1991 146 11th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 83 0.9
1994 110 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 38 1.5
1997 49 1st lowest of 15 · 44% of median 36 0.7
1998 110 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 38 1.5
1999 94 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 35 1.4
2000 61 3rd lowest of 15 · 56% of median 33 1.0

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