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ENOS T HOTCHKISS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000921 · 1 · LEROUX CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:02 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 1886-03-01 — 1487th 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: ALBERT WEIR DITCH (1885-04-01). Immediately behind: FREY DITCH (1886-06-01).

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
29260.132091886-03-011937-05-28 1.50.0 CIRR H3

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 549 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 690 AF — 126% of that, and 13th 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)
2006 495 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 183 1.5
2007 715 14th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 190 2.0
2008 494 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 165 3.0
2009 383 3rd lowest of 15 · 70% of median 131 2.0
2010 425 4th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 166 2.0
2011 325 1st lowest of 15 · 59% of median 160 3.0
2012 549 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 184 2.0
2013 663 12th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 216 2.0
2014 448 5th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 158 2.0
2015 374 2nd lowest of 15 · 68% of median 117 2.0
2016 813 15th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 210 2.5
2017 563 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 145 2.5
2018 659 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 167 2.0
2019 580 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 142 2.5
2022 690 13th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 175 2.0

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