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BLUMBERG DITCH NO. 1

Structure dossier · WDID 4000859 · 1 · ESCALANTE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:51 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 1883-03-01 — 644th 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: TROPIC DITCH (1901-04-01). Immediately behind: BLUMBERG DITCH NO. 2 (1883-12-17).

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
19773.121131883-03-011906-02-17 0.620.0 CIRR 1

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 43 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 144 AF — 335% of that, and 14th 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)
2010 43 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 32 0.8
2011 15 2nd lowest of 15 · 35% of median 34 0.2
2012 274 15th lowest of 15 · 637% of median 141 1.0
2013 106 10th lowest of 15 · 246% of median 83 1.0
2014 113 11th lowest of 15 · 263% of median 57 1.5
2015 34 4th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 54 0.5
2016 56 9th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 78 0.5
2017 35 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 49 0.5
2018 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 7 0.0
2019 35 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 61 0.4
2020 43 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 82 0.3
2021 137 13th lowest of 15 · 319% of median 139 0.6
2022 17 3rd lowest of 15 · 40% of median 40 0.2
2023 127 12th lowest of 15 · 295% of median 143 0.6
2024 144 14th lowest of 15 · 335% of median 123 0.8

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.