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ORCHARD RANCH DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4000774 · 1 · SURFACE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:42 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 1883-05-09 — 51st 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: CLARK AND WADE DITCH (1883-05-05). Immediately behind: CURRANT CREEK DITCH (1883-08-04).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12182.0 | 1883-05-09 | 1889-06-17 | 5.7 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 4 |
| 20501.14413 | 1889-06-17 | 1907-09-28 | 6.45 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 27 |
| 38064.25719 | 1920-06-01 | 1964-01-31 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | K46 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 2,215 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,723 AF — 78% 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 | 2,197 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 194 | 15.0 |
| 2011 | 3,102 | 12th lowest of 15 · 140% of median | 190 | 16.0 |
| 2012 | 1,476 | 5th lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 167 | 12.0 |
| 2013 | 1,193 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 148 | 12.0 |
| 2014 | 3,346 | 13th lowest of 15 · 151% of median | 226 | 24.0 |
| 2015 | 2,996 | 10th lowest of 15 · 135% of median | 250 | 23.0 |
| 2016 | 2,784 | 9th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 215 | 16.0 |
| 2017 | 3,008 | 11th lowest of 15 · 136% of median | 189 | 17.0 |
| 2018 | 616 | 1st lowest of 15 · 28% of median | 114 | 6.6 |
| 2019 | 3,531 | 15th lowest of 15 · 159% of median | 185 | 19.8 |
| 2020 | 1,282 | 4th lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 191 | 15.6 |
| 2021 | 920 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 42% of median | 179 | 7.8 |
| 2022 | 2,215 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 192 | 18.0 |
| 2023 | 3,382 | 14th lowest of 15 · 153% of median | 183 | 19.6 |
| 2024 | 1,723 | 6th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 200 | 12.1 |
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