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FLUKE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4000544 · 1 · CLEAR FORK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:52 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 in line
Priority 1883-10-01 — 100th 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: CLEAR FORK DITCH (1883-10-01). Immediately behind: CATHEDRAL PL SPG NO 3 (1883-10-09).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12327.0 | 1883-10-01 | 1889-06-17 | 3.07 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 2 |
| 13083.0 | 1885-10-26 | 1889-06-17 | 0.42 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 3.5 |
| 13084.0 | 1885-10-27 | 1889-06-17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 4 |
| 31924.1184 | 1882-06-01 | 1954-03-20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | DOMSTK | J5 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,312 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,571 AF — 120% of that, and 12th 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 | 1,252 | 6th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 187 | 6.1 |
| 2011 | 1,840 | 14th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 207 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 915 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 195 | 3.8 |
| 2013 | 1,120 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 85% of median | 211 | 4.6 |
| 2014 | 1,381 | 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 213 | 6.2 |
| 2015 | 1,312 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 212 | 5.0 |
| 2016 | 1,637 | 13th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 201 | 10.8 |
| 2017 | 1,230 | 5th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 210 | 5.0 |
| 2018 | 809 | 1st lowest of 15 · 62% of median | 212 | 2.7 |
| 2019 | 1,527 | 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 213 | 8.6 |
| 2020 | 1,272 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 258 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | 1,324 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 365 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 1,196 | 4th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 365 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | 2,005 | 15th lowest of 15 · 153% of median | 365 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 1,571 | 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 305 | 4.0 |
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