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MEYER & ORTH DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4001017 · 1 · GERMAN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:35 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 1883-12-11 — 111th 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: EUBANK & GONNER DITCH (1883-12-11). Immediately behind: DELTA PIPELINE (1883-12-19).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
12398.01883-12-111889-06-17 3.7940.0 CIRRAUG DPN9
31924.117341882-02-151954-03-20 0.50.0 CIRRDOMSTKAUG J2

Recorded use (last 12 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 149 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2015, came in at 147 AF — 99% of that, and 6th lowest of the 12 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
1970 137 5th lowest of 12 · 92% of median — 130 1.2
1971 228 9th lowest of 12 · 153% of median — 201 1.0
1972 136 4th lowest of 12 · 91% of median — 199 1.0
1973 227 8th lowest of 12 · 152% of median — 275 1.5
1974 238 10th lowest of 12 · 160% of median — 365 1.0
1975 287 12th lowest of 12 · 193% of median — 363 2.0
1976 151 7th lowest of 12 · 101% of median — 255 1.2
1977 68 2nd lowest of 12 · 46% of median — 260 0.3
1978 253 11th lowest of 12 · 170% of median — 361 1.2
1979 22 1st lowest of 12 · 15% of median — 110 0.2
2011 88 3rd lowest of 12 · 59% of median 88 112 0.4
2015 147 6th lowest of 12 · 99% of median 147 83 1.1

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