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G E HARRIS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3900566 · 1 · WEST RIFLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:43 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 1887-02-25 — 95th 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: FOREVER YOUNG PDC DIVERSION (1887-01-04). Immediately behind: LOWER CACTUS VALLEY DITCH (1887-03-23).

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
13570.01887-02-251889-05-11 0.90.0 CIRR 90

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 150 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 605 AF — 403% of that, and 14th 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)
2010 313 12th lowest of 15 · 209% of median 74 4.0
2011 150 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 96 1.5
2012 15 1st lowest of 15 · 10% of median 29 0.5
2013 19 3rd lowest of 15 · 13% of median 33 0.9
2014 128 7th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 97 0.9
2015 379 13th lowest of 15 · 253% of median 188 4.4
2016 268 11th lowest of 15 · 179% of median 186 0.9
2017 104 6th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 59 0.9
2018 102 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 66 1.2
2019 260 10th lowest of 15 · 173% of median 138 1.5
2020 18 2nd lowest of 15 · 12% of median 20 0.7
2021 95 4th lowest of 15 · 63% of median 103 0.9
2022 236 9th lowest of 15 · 157% of median 46 3.3
2023 1,187 15th lowest of 15 · 791% of median 212 3.2
2024 605 14th lowest of 15 · 403% of median 212 2.3

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 7467 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 47% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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