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MCCARTHY DITCH NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 4000888 · 1 · ESCALANTE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:50 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.

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 1902-03-25 — 659th 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: POVERTY DITCH (1897-04-01). Immediately behind: ERIKSON SPRING (1905-05-12).

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
19773.190761902-03-251906-02-17 0.570.0 CIRR 17

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 156 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2011, came in at 27 AF — 17% of that, and 2nd 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)
1994 363 14th lowest of 15 · 233% of median 93 2.2
1995 95 6th lowest of 15 · 61% of median 110 0.5
1996 236 10th lowest of 15 · 151% of median 139 1.2
1997 69 4th lowest of 15 · 44% of median 27 1.8
1998 88 5th lowest of 15 · 56% of median 132 0.5
1999 166 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 179 0.5
2000 369 15th lowest of 15 · 236% of median 96 2.0
2001 291 11th lowest of 15 · 186% of median 170 1.0
2002 61 3rd lowest of 15 · 39% of median 164 0.6
2003 154 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 156 0.5
2004 156 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 158 0.5
2008 315 13th lowest of 15 · 202% of median 86 3.0
2009 307 12th lowest of 15 · 197% of median 129 2.0
2010 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 3 0.0
2011 27 2nd lowest of 15 · 17% of median 55 0.2

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