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JOUFLAS DITCH HGT 2

Structure dossier · WDID 3801673 · 1 · DOWNEY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:09 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 1899-06-10 — 844th 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: SOUTH SIDE DITCH (1894-06-15). Immediately behind: DOOLEY DITCH (1899-08-01).

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
37552.180581899-06-101958-06-20 0.00.0 CIRR 643

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 449 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 649 AF — 144% of that, and 13th 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 374 6th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 121 2.7
2010 508 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 85 4.6
2011 669 14th lowest of 15 · 149% of median 111 4.6
2012 233 1st lowest of 15 · 52% of median 47 3.9
2014 490 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 153 2.4
2015 387 7th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 122 2.7
2016 362 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 99 2.7
2017 449 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 117 2.7
2018 327 4th lowest of 15 · 73% of median 97 1.9
2019 687 15th lowest of 15 · 153% of median 90 8.0
2020 278 2nd lowest of 15 · 62% of median 84 2.7
2021 283 3rd lowest of 15 · 63% of median 103 2.7
2022 559 11th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 124 4.6
2023 623 12th lowest of 15 · 139% of median 118 4.6
2024 649 13th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 144 4.6

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 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 1943 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 42% of the irrigation seasons in 2003-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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