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CARBONATE CAMP DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000673 · 1 · SURFACE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 03:36 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 1885-10-31 — 1080th 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: SETTLE DITCH (1884-05-01). Immediately behind: GALLAGHER DITCH (1886-03-01).

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
20501.130881885-10-311907-09-28 1.870.0 CIRR 21

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 181 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1992, came in at 171 AF — 94% of that, and 7th 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)
1978 283 14th lowest of 15 · 156% of median 80 1.9
1979 217 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 68 1.9
1980 276 13th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 77 1.9
1981 122 4th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 36 1.9
1982 297 15th lowest of 15 · 164% of median 81 1.9
1983 245 12th lowest of 15 · 135% of median 100 1.2
1984 151 5th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 62 1.2
1985 186 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 76 1.2
1986 213 10th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 88 1.2
1987 181 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 74 1.2
1988 107 2nd lowest of 15 · 59% of median 45 1.2
1989 152 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 54 1.5
1990 40 1st lowest of 15 · 22% of median 17 1.2
1991 114 3rd lowest of 15 · 63% of median 47 1.2
1992 171 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 47 1.9

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 1388 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 29% of the irrigation seasons in 1970-1992 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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