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BALLARD DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4000951 · 1 · GERMAN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:33 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 get called out?
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 1895-01-01 — 1250th 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: MAYHO DITCH (1894-11-01). Immediately behind: ALFALFA RUN SEEP DITCH (1895-03-01).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21263.16437 | 1895-01-01 | 1914-06-23 | 2.975 | 0.0 | C | IRR | A34 |
| 31924.16437 | 1895-01-01 | 1954-03-20 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | DOM | J54 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 375 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 548 AF — 146% of that, and 10th 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 | 368 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 148 | 1.5 |
| 2011 | 210 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 56% of median | 100 | 1.5 |
| 2012 | 169 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 45% of median | 124 | 1.5 |
| 2013 | 242 | 6th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 116 | 2.2 |
| 2014 | 611 | 12th lowest of 15 · 163% of median | 158 | 2.5 |
| 2015 | 956 | 14th lowest of 15 · 255% of median | 249 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 1,087 | 15th lowest of 15 · 290% of median | 366 | 4.6 |
| 2017 | 518 | 9th lowest of 15 · 138% of median | 265 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | 146 | 1st lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 95 | 1.8 |
| 2019 | 554 | 11th lowest of 15 · 148% of median | 189 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 228 | 5th lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 179 | 2.5 |
| 2021 | 220 | 4th lowest of 15 · 59% of median | 161 | 1.6 |
| 2022 | 375 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 168 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 787 | 13th lowest of 15 · 210% of median | 173 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 548 | 10th lowest of 15 · 146% of median | 180 | 2.5 |
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