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GREEN IRRIGATION DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3900930 · 1 · COLORADO RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:45 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 1883-12-31 — 857th 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: HERWICK WELL (1977-06-03). Immediately behind: GREEN STOCKWATER (1943-12-31).

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
46751.124181883-12-311978-12-31 0.50.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 137 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2004, came in at 1,866 AF — 1362% of that, and 15th 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)
1987 464 14th lowest of 15 · 339% of median 365 1.5
1988 275 13th lowest of 15 · 201% of median 359 0.6
1989 171 11th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 365 0.5
1990 163 10th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 363 0.5
1991 132 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 365 0.5
1992 137 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 352 0.4
1993 92 4th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 345 0.4
1994 172 12th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 304 0.5
1996 141 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 234 0.6
1997 22 1st lowest of 15 · 16% of median 365 0.0
1998 22 1st lowest of 15 · 16% of median 365 0.0
1999 22 1st lowest of 15 · 16% of median 365 0.0
2000 125 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 297 0.5
2001 123 5th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 240 0.5
2004 1,866 15th lowest of 15 · 1362% of median 74 31.0

How good is our record of it?

Grade A (9/10 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 5381 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1984-2004 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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