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THOMAS RES FEEDER DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3801480 · 1 · THOMAS CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:31 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 1884-04-10 — 112th 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: THOMAS NO 2 DITCH (1884-04-10). Immediately behind: POLO DITCH (1884-04-10).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12519.0 | 1884-04-10 | 1889-05-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 82 |
| 13700.0 | 1887-07-05 | 1889-05-11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | RES3 |
| 51255.0 | 1990-05-01 | 1990-12-31 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRRECFISOTH | |
| 55517.55396 | 2001-09-01 | 2002-12-31 | 0.0 | 1.0 | C | FISAUGOTH |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 371 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2006, came in at 300 AF — 81% of that, and 6th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 646 | 12th lowest of 15 · 174% of median | 365 | 1.4 |
| 1992 | 912 | 13th lowest of 15 · 246% of median | 298 | 2.6 |
| 1993 | 1,019 | 14th lowest of 15 · 275% of median | 304 | 2.4 |
| 1994 | 371 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 257 | 0.9 |
| 1995 | 1,038 | 15th lowest of 15 · 280% of median | 304 | 2.8 |
| 1996 | 297 | 5th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 186 | 5.0 |
| 1997 | 139 | 4th lowest of 15 · 38% of median | 38 | 2.0 |
| 1998 | 572 | 11th lowest of 15 · 154% of median | 170 | 3.7 |
| 1999 | 84 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 23% of median | 138 | 0.8 |
| 2000 | 427 | 9th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 179 | 3.0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2003 | 468 | 10th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 235 | 3.4 |
| 2004 | 36 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 10% of median | 66 | 0.5 |
| 2005 | 329 | 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 197 | 1.5 |
| 2006 | 300 | 6th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 148 | 1.7 |
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