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PARACHUTE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3900635 · 1 · PARACHUTE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:09 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 1886-02-01 — 79th 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: G E HARRIS NO 2 DITCH (1885-07-01). Immediately behind: RIFLE CREEK NO 1 DITCH (1886-03-01).

Decreed rights (6)

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
13181.01886-02-011889-05-11 1.00.0 CIRR 51
13971.01888-04-011889-05-11 3.60.0 CIRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH 131
15436.147251890-04-251892-04-27 1.30.0 CIRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH 145
15436.152881891-11-091892-04-27 1.60.0 CIRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH 149
31031.278181926-03-011937-01-04 19.720.0 CIRRINDDOMAUGPWROTH 207Q
43829.311051935-03-011970-12-31 0.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,267 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,143 AF — 90% of that, and 7th 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)
2009 979 3rd lowest of 15 · 77% of median 181 6.9
2010 1,029 4th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 167 6.0
2011 2,149 15th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 150 14.0
2012 1,778 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 202 9.8
2013 1,135 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 137 7.8
2014 1,596 10th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 170 9.6
2015 1,620 11th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 147 8.5
2016 2,045 14th lowest of 15 · 161% of median 151 9.4
2017 1,662 12th lowest of 15 · 131% of median 165 8.3
2018 1,089 5th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 150 6.9
2019 1,480 9th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 193 5.1
2020 1,267 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 194 4.1
2021 458 1st lowest of 15 · 36% of median 192 2.4
2022 975 2nd lowest of 15 · 77% of median 187 3.4
2024 1,143 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 148 6.0

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