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WILLIAM BENNETT DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4001067 · 1 · NORTH FORK GUNNISON RIVE · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:30 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 1905-05-01 — 1293rd 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: CHURCH DITCH (1905-05-01). Immediately behind: OAK MESA DITCH (1905-06-20).

Decreed rights (3)

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
21263.202091905-05-011914-06-23 0.50.0 CIRRAUG A80
24894.202091905-05-011920-08-28 0.50.0 CIRRAUG B19
51864.202091905-05-011992-12-31 0.250.0 CSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 223 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2014, came in at 10 AF — 4% of that, and 1st 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)
1999 102 2nd lowest of 15 · 46% of median 123 0.4
2000 163 5th lowest of 15 · 73% of median 165 0.5
2001 147 4th lowest of 15 · 66% of median 149 0.5
2002 257 14th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 201 0.8
2003 244 13th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 194 0.9
2004 219 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 145 1.1
2005 233 11th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 175 0.8
2006 379 15th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 180 1.5
2007 237 12th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 184 1.0
2008 231 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 201 1.0
2009 226 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 184 0.8
2010 223 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 199 0.8
2011 209 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 176 0.8
2012 132 3rd lowest of 15 · 59% of median 177 0.7
2014 10 1st lowest of 15 · 4% of median 101 0.1

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