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G E HARRIS NO 2 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3900567 · 1 · WEST RIFLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:04 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 1885-07-01 — 78th 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: BURTON DITCH (1885-06-20). Immediately behind: PARACHUTE DITCH (1886-02-01).

Decreed rights (2)

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
12966.01885-07-011889-05-11 0.80.0 CIRR 49
13949.01888-03-101889-05-11 0.40.0 CIRR 127

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 81 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 159 AF — 196% of that, and 12th 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 62 7th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 131 0.7
2011 820 15th lowest of 15 · 1012% of median 127 5.1
2012 26 4th lowest of 15 · 32% of median 74 0.2
2013 31 5th lowest of 15 · 38% of median 77 0.4
2014 81 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 140 0.8
2015 138 10th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 150 1.2
2016 224 14th lowest of 15 · 276% of median 175 2.2
2017 54 6th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 90 0.4
2018 83 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 127 0.8
2019 188 13th lowest of 15 · 232% of median 144 1.2
2020 5 3rd lowest of 15 · 6% of median 34 0.1
2021 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 3 0.0
2022 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 6 0.0
2023 140 11th lowest of 15 · 173% of median 92 0.9
2024 159 12th lowest of 15 · 196% of median 181 0.6

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