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FRANK LAMBERT DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4000985 · 1 · BELL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:52 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 1915-06-01 — 2079th 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: STANDISH DITCH (1913-07-01). Immediately behind: ALDRIDGE DITCH NO 1 (1915-06-15).

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
41668.238921915-06-011969-08-11 0.50.0 CIRR L8

Recorded use (last 10 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 26 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1984, came in at 21 AF — 82% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 10 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)
1974 8 1st lowest of 10 · 31% of median 25 0.5
1975 30 9th lowest of 10 · 118% of median 79 0.3
1976 8 1st lowest of 10 · 31% of median 32 0.2
1978 26 6th lowest of 10 · 102% of median 70 0.3
1979 31 10th lowest of 10 · 122% of median 84 0.2
1980 23 4th lowest of 10 · 90% of median 59 0.3
1981 25 5th lowest of 10 · 98% of median 69 0.2
1982 26 6th lowest of 10 · 102% of median 71 0.3
1983 26 6th lowest of 10 · 102% of median 72 0.2
1984 21 3rd lowest of 10 · 82% of median 45 0.3

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 606 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 28% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-1984 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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