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CHANDLER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000790 · 1 · CURRANT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:07 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 1903-09-15 — 1341st 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: EDGAR DITCH (1903-05-15). Immediately behind: SCHINDELAR RESERVOIR (1903-09-15).

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
24894.196151903-09-151920-08-28 0.3750.0 CIRROTH B17

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 60 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2007, came in at 114 AF — 190% of that, and 10th 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)
1993 60 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 184 0.3
1994 49 7th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 197 0.2
1995 33 4th lowest of 15 · 55% of median 169 0.1
1996 38 5th lowest of 15 · 63% of median 193 0.1
1997 31 3rd lowest of 15 · 52% of median 160 0.1
1998 28 2nd lowest of 15 · 47% of median 141 0.1
1999 176 12th lowest of 15 · 293% of median 245 0.5
2000 257 15th lowest of 15 · 428% of median 305 0.5
2001 213 14th lowest of 15 · 355% of median 288 0.7
2002 70 9th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 365 0.2
2003 180 13th lowest of 15 · 300% of median 365 0.4
2004 148 11th lowest of 15 · 247% of median 305 0.3
2005 26 1st lowest of 15 · 43% of median 47 0.3
2006 45 6th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 75 0.3
2007 114 10th lowest of 15 · 190% of median 93 1.0

How good is our record of it?

Grade A (9/10 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 5804 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 79% of the irrigation seasons in 1973-2007 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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