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BLUMBERG DITCH NO. 3
Structure dossier · WDID 4000861 · 1 · BRANCH CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:51 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 in line
Priority 1893-04-01 — 654th 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: HADLER DITCH (1892-05-01). Immediately behind: GRANITE ROCK DITCH (1893-12-25).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19773.15797 | 1893-04-01 | 1906-02-17 | 0.59 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 11 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 113 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 240 AF — 212% of that, and 13th 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 | 37 | 4th lowest of 15 · 33% of median | 32 | 0.8 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 9% of median | 26 | 0.2 |
| 2012 | 478 | 15th lowest of 15 · 423% of median | 195 | 2.0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 7 | 0.0 |
| 2014 | 44 | 5th lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 40 | 1.0 |
| 2015 | 56 | 6th lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 27 | 2.0 |
| 2016 | 113 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 129 | 0.6 |
| 2017 | 30 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 26% of median | 49 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 86 | 7th lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 72 | 0.8 |
| 2019 | 210 | 11th lowest of 15 · 186% of median | 113 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 187 | 9th lowest of 15 · 166% of median | 82 | 1.2 |
| 2021 | 318 | 14th lowest of 15 · 281% of median | 191 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 204 | 10th lowest of 15 · 180% of median | 115 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 234 | 12th lowest of 15 · 207% of median | 143 | 1.0 |
| 2024 | 240 | 13th lowest of 15 · 212% of median | 132 | 1.5 |
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