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BEESON DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4000671 · 1 · SURFACE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:35 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1902-04-16 — 1544th 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: KELSO DITCH (1901-04-15). Immediately behind: HOTCHKISS DITCH NO. 1 (1902-06-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29260.19098 | 1902-04-16 | 1937-05-28 | 3.02 | 0.0 | C | IRR | H40 |
| 31924.19098 | 1902-04-16 | 1954-03-20 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | DOMSTK | J89 |
| 43977.0 | 1970-05-28 | 1970-12-31 | 0.85 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 44925.19098 | 1902-04-16 | 1973-12-31 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 241 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 169 AF — 70% of that, and 6th 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 | 314 | 10th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 186 | 2.2 |
| 2011 | 446 | 15th lowest of 15 · 185% of median | 187 | 3.0 |
| 2012 | 168 | 5th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 159 | 2.0 |
| 2013 | 147 | 4th lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 132 | 1.0 |
| 2014 | 289 | 9th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 183 | 2.0 |
| 2015 | 210 | 7th lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 176 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 416 | 14th lowest of 15 · 173% of median | 207 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 394 | 13th lowest of 15 · 164% of median | 206 | 2.6 |
| 2018 | 92 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 38% of median | 93 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 370 | 11th lowest of 15 · 154% of median | 197 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 146 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 163 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | 91 | 1st lowest of 15 · 38% of median | 141 | 1.1 |
| 2022 | 241 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 186 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 377 | 12th lowest of 15 · 156% of median | 178 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 169 | 6th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 155 | 1.7 |
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