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DIAMOND JOE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4000537 · 1 · SMITH FORK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:43 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1893-02-01 — 1240th most senior of the 4661 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: H J NEIGHBORS DITCH (1891-11-29). Immediately behind: ROBBINS DITCH (1893-03-25).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21263.15738 | 1893-02-01 | 1914-06-23 | 0.875 | 0.0 | C | IRR | A22 |
| 44925.37985 | 1953-12-31 | 1973-12-31 | 4.39 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 376 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 376 AF — 100% of that, and 8th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 705 | 13th lowest of 15 · 188% of median | 199 | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 445 | 9th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 149 | 2.8 |
| 2012 | 113 | 1st lowest of 15 · 30% of median | 107 | 1.4 |
| 2013 | 285 | 6th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 129 | 2.8 |
| 2014 | 603 | 11th lowest of 15 · 160% of median | 186 | 3.5 |
| 2015 | 579 | 10th lowest of 15 · 154% of median | 204 | 2.8 |
| 2016 | 713 | 14th lowest of 15 · 190% of median | 207 | 4.0 |
| 2017 | 729 | 15th lowest of 15 · 194% of median | 204 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | 145 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 89 | 2.3 |
| 2019 | 637 | 12th lowest of 15 · 169% of median | 187 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | 154 | 4th lowest of 15 · 41% of median | 115 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 143 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 38% of median | 73 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 190 | 5th lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 60 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | 323 | 7th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 156 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 376 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 139 | 2.0 |
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