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FLEMING DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000922 · 1 · BIG GULCH · 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 1892-03-25 — 1331st 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: WARREN SNODDY DITCH (1892-03-05). Immediately behind: GERHART D AND POND ALT P (1892-03-25).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
24894.154251892-03-251920-08-28 2.00.0 CIRR B5

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 232 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 124 AF — 53% of that, and 5th 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 565 14th lowest of 15 · 244% of median 196 2.5
2011 559 13th lowest of 15 · 241% of median 186 2.7
2012 168 7th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 162 1.5
2013 232 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 211 1.2
2014 327 9th lowest of 15 · 141% of median 172 1.8
2015 338 10th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 194 1.0
2016 594 15th lowest of 15 · 256% of median 196 2.0
2017 425 11th lowest of 15 · 183% of median 196 1.5
2018 113 4th lowest of 15 · 49% of median 196 0.4
2019 471 12th lowest of 15 · 203% of median 184 2.0
2020 101 3rd lowest of 15 · 44% of median 128 0.5
2021 74 1st lowest of 15 · 32% of median 151 0.2
2022 133 6th lowest of 15 · 57% of median 188 0.5
2023 84 2nd lowest of 15 · 36% of median 170 0.2
2024 124 5th lowest of 15 · 53% of median 106 0.7

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.