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MCLEOD DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4000572 · 1 · SMITH FORK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 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 1883-08-01 — 612th 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: SHINN DITCH (1892-04-05). Immediately behind: SHADELAND DITCH (1884-01-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19413.12266 | 1883-08-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.075 | 0.0 | C | IRR | R1 |
| 19413.14336 | 1889-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.075 | 0.0 | C | IRR | R16 |
| 19413.16893 | 1896-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.075 | 0.0 | C | IRR | R32 |
| 19413.17988 | 1899-04-01 | 1903-02-27 | 0.075 | 0.0 | C | IRR | R38 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 62 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 62 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 | 1 | 5th lowest of 15 · 2% of median | 31 | 0.1 |
| 2011 | 151 | 12th lowest of 15 · 244% of median | 107 | 1.3 |
| 2012 | 70 | 9th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 62 | 0.8 |
| 2013 | 50 | 7th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 42 | 1.3 |
| 2014 | 222 | 13th lowest of 15 · 358% of median | 105 | 1.8 |
| 2015 | 98 | 10th lowest of 15 · 158% of median | 72 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 327 | 15th lowest of 15 · 527% of median | 180 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 243 | 14th lowest of 15 · 392% of median | 75 | 4.2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 17 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 21 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 8 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 9 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 105 | 11th lowest of 15 · 169% of median | 53 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 36 | 6th lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 46 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 62 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 32 | 1.2 |
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