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NEWT FLYNN DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 4000579 · 1 · ALUM GULCH · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:14 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 1932-06-10 — 2091st 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: BERT CAMPBELL DITCH (1926-08-15). Immediately behind: JOKER RESERVOIR DITCH (1932-08-01).

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
41668.301111932-06-101969-08-11 1.00.0 CIRR L24

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 387 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 285 AF — 74% of that, and 6th 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 563 14th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 202 3.2
2011 847 15th lowest of 15 · 219% of median 196 4.8
2012 199 3rd lowest of 15 · 51% of median 157 1.3
2013 467 12th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 168 5.8
2014 456 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 174 2.2
2015 451 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 165 2.4
2016 408 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 149 2.5
2017 371 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 160 2.5
2018 124 2nd lowest of 15 · 32% of median 187 1.4
2019 535 13th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 168 3.7
2020 271 5th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 188 2.0
2021 90 1st lowest of 15 · 23% of median 182 0.3
2022 253 4th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 175 2.0
2023 387 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 180 1.5
2024 285 6th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 161 1.8

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 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 8462 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 72% of the irrigation seasons in 1970-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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