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HARRIS NO 2 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3900579 · 1 · EAST ELK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:34 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 1937-06-01 — 350th 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: ANDERSON STOCKWATER PL (1930-05-01). Immediately behind: MINNIE HA HA SPRING PL (1938-06-01).

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
37503.319281937-06-011966-11-10 3.80.0 CIRR 298

Recorded use (last 14 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 220 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2005, came in at 90 AF — 41% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 14 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)
1976 249 8th lowest of 14 · 113% of median 92 3.0
1977 263 9th lowest of 14 · 120% of median 52 2.6
1978 370 13th lowest of 14 · 168% of median 101 2.3
1979 345 11th lowest of 14 · 157% of median 91 2.5
1980 446 14th lowest of 14 · 203% of median 92 3.6
1981 275 10th lowest of 14 · 125% of median 75 2.5
1984 152 4th lowest of 14 · 69% of median 52 1.5
1985 162 6th lowest of 14 · 74% of median 72 1.3
1986 357 12th lowest of 14 · 162% of median 124 2.1
1987 160 5th lowest of 14 · 73% of median 63 1.5
2002 145 3rd lowest of 14 · 66% of median 40 2.3
2003 191 7th lowest of 14 · 87% of median 116 1.6
2004 77 1st lowest of 14 · 35% of median 79 0.5
2005 90 2nd lowest of 14 · 41% of median 129 0.5

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 1178 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 19% of the irrigation seasons in 1976-2005 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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