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HARRY WALKER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000878 · 1 · ESCALANTE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 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 1890-03-01 — 651st 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: JOHN W MUSSER DITCH (1888-12-20). Immediately behind: CAMPBELL DITCH (1892-01-01).

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
19773.14671890-03-011906-02-17 1.250.0 CIRR 8
31924.2241911-05-011954-03-20 0.750.0 CIRRDOM J140, J141

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 452 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 330 AF — 73% of that, and 3rd 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 630 13th lowest of 15 · 139% of median 161 3.0
2011 452 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 138 2.0
2012 656 14th lowest of 15 · 145% of median 149 4.0
2013 992 15th lowest of 15 · 220% of median 152 5.5
2014 400 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 143 2.5
2015 480 11th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 138 2.5
2016 335 4th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 141 2.8
2017 518 12th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 141 4.5
2018 469 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 151 2.5
2019 339 5th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 138 2.5
2020 241 2nd lowest of 15 · 53% of median 109 1.2
2021 126 1st lowest of 15 · 28% of median 73 1.0
2022 478 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 194 2.0
2023 356 6th lowest of 15 · 79% of median 99 2.5
2024 330 3rd lowest of 15 · 73% of median 147 1.5

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