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HIXON DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 4000839 · 1 · HAMILTON DRAW · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:21 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 1885-09-01 — 1222nd 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: OBERGFELL D WATER WHEEL (1885-04-01). Immediately behind: LONE CABIN DITCH (1886-05-15).

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
21263.130281885-09-011914-06-23 0.3750.0 CIRR A4
43829.414121963-05-201970-12-31 2.6250.0 CIRRDOM

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 40 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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)
2005 113 13th lowest of 15 · 282% of median 69 1.0
2006 77 11th lowest of 15 · 192% of median 108 0.5
2007 96 12th lowest of 15 · 240% of median 116 1.0
2008 34 7th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 69 0.2
2009 59 10th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 82 1.5
2010 2 4th lowest of 15 · 5% of median 5 1.0
2011 18 6th lowest of 15 · 45% of median 20 0.5
2012 129 14th lowest of 15 · 322% of median 205 0.4
2013 48 9th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 69 0.4
2014 6 5th lowest of 15 · 15% of median 9 0.4
2015 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.2
2016 178 15th lowest of 15 · 445% of median 114 0.8
2017 1 3rd lowest of 15 · 2% of median 2 0.3
2018 40 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 55 0.4
2021 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0

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