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CHARLEY DERE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3900528 · 1 · MIDDLE FORK PARACHUTE CR · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:19 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 in line
Priority 1914-10-01 — 257th 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: C C D DITCH (1914-04-01). Immediately behind: HARPER WELL (1934-12-31).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31031.23649 | 1914-10-01 | 1937-01-04 | 0.25 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 205 |
| 31031.27818 | 1926-03-01 | 1937-01-04 | 0.58 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH | 207A |
| 36204.0 | 1949-02-14 | 1952-09-05 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 9 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 149 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1975, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 754 | 14th lowest of 15 · 506% of median | 85 | 5.0 |
| 1960 | 381 | 12th lowest of 15 · 256% of median | 98 | 2.0 |
| 1961 | 149 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 27 | 3.0 |
| 1962 | 918 | 15th lowest of 15 · 616% of median | 134 | 4.0 |
| 1964 | 13 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 9% of median | 17 | 0.5 |
| 1965 | 325 | 11th lowest of 15 · 218% of median | 117 | 3.0 |
| 1966 | 177 | 9th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 71 | 4.0 |
| 1967 | 260 | 10th lowest of 15 · 174% of median | 113 | 2.0 |
| 1968 | 96 | 7th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 58 | 4.0 |
| 1969 | 42 | 5th lowest of 15 · 28% of median | 49 | 1.0 |
| 1970 | 32 | 4th lowest of 15 · 22% of median | 31 | 1.0 |
| 1971 | 432 | 13th lowest of 15 · 290% of median | 122 | 2.0 |
| 1972 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 1974 | 46 | 6th lowest of 15 · 31% of median | 23 | 1.1 |
| 1975 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
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