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GINGRICH DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4000551 · 1 · SMITH FORK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:51 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 1916-10-11 — 1789th 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: STEWART MINN CR DIVR D (1914-09-28). Immediately behind: HENDRICKSON DITCH (1917-04-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31924.2439 | 1916-10-11 | 1954-03-20 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | J161, J162 |
| 46020.24471 | 1916-12-31 | 1976-12-31 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 4 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 12 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1975, came in at 11 AF — 88% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 4 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 2 | 1st lowest of 4 · 16% of median | 61 | 0.0 |
| 1973 | 14 | 3rd lowest of 4 · 112% of median | 365 | 0.0 |
| 1974 | 14 | 3rd lowest of 4 · 112% of median | 365 | 0.0 |
| 1975 | 11 | 2nd lowest of 4 · 88% of median | 304 | 0.0 |
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