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CHEROKEE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000631 · 1 · YOUNGS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:51 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

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 1896-04-01 — 1160th 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: GRANBY RESERVOIR NO. 7 (1895-09-30). Immediately behind: CARTWRIGHT DITCH NO 2 (1896-05-06).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
20501.168931896-04-011907-09-28 0.50.0 CIRR 38
25807.210921907-10-011930-02-10 1.120.0 CIRR G51

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 85 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 53 AF — 62% of that, and 4th 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 127 11th lowest of 15 · 149% of median 213 1.3
2011 172 13th lowest of 15 · 202% of median 197 1.3
2012 88 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 172 1.1
2013 80 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 200 1.2
2014 175 14th lowest of 15 · 206% of median 200 1.2
2015 85 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 199 0.5
2016 138 12th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 175 0.9
2017 104 10th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 190 1.0
2018 17 2nd lowest of 15 · 20% of median 65 0.5
2019 57 5th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 168 0.6
2020 41 3rd lowest of 15 · 48% of median 105 0.4
2021 16 1st lowest of 15 · 19% of median 38 0.5
2022 70 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 118 0.8
2023 189 15th lowest of 15 · 222% of median 230 1.2
2024 53 4th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 152 0.5

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