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DON MEEK NO 1 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000540 · 1 · CRYSTAL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:20 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 1914-09-01 — 1785th 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: KURTZ DITCH (1914-07-30). Immediately behind: DON MEEK NO 2 DITCH (1914-09-02).

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
31924.236191914-09-011954-03-20 2.00.0 CIRR J155

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 18 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 25 AF — 139% of that, and 10th 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 14 3rd lowest of 15 · 78% of median 64 0.3
2011 15 4th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 84 0.2
2012 16 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 50 0.3
2013 27 11th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 96 0.4
2014 20 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 72 0.3
2015 41 12th lowest of 15 · 228% of median 138 0.4
2016 15 4th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 44 0.5
2017 18 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 74 0.4
2018 15 4th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 40 0.3
2019 13 2nd lowest of 15 · 72% of median 33 0.6
2020 137 15th lowest of 15 · 761% of median 47 4.0
2021 98 14th lowest of 15 · 544% of median 39 2.0
2022 70 13th lowest of 15 · 389% of median 39 1.5
2023 3 1st lowest of 15 · 17% of median 8 0.5
2024 25 10th lowest of 15 · 139% of median 18 1.8

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 2083 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 19% of the irrigation seasons in 1973-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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