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BARRETT DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 3900503 · 1 · EAST ELK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:58 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 1890-04-01 — 139th most senior of the 1758 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: JENSEN DITCH (1901-04-15). Immediately behind: BARRETT DITCH NO 2 (1890-04-01).

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
19108.147011890-04-011902-06-02 0.60.0 CIRR 144BBB

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 26 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2009, came in at 195 AF — 750% of that, and 15th 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)
1989 46 11th lowest of 15 · 177% of median 37 0.8
1990 26 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 28 0.6
1991 34 9th lowest of 15 · 131% of median 46 0.4
1992 35 10th lowest of 15 · 135% of median 43 0.6
1993 22 5th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 42 0.3
1994 10 1st lowest of 15 · 38% of median 23 0.3
1997 19 3rd lowest of 15 · 73% of median 40 0.3
1998 23 6th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 48 0.3
1999 50 13th lowest of 15 · 192% of median 103 0.2
2000 57 14th lowest of 15 · 219% of median 71 0.4
2001 46 11th lowest of 15 · 177% of median 66 0.4
2002 20 4th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 68 0.2
2003 25 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 88 0.2
2004 11 2nd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 45 0.2
2009 195 15th lowest of 15 · 750% of median 153 0.9

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 5837 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 46% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2009 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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