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BAINARD DITCH NO 7

Structure dossier · WDID 4001078 · 1 · MUDDY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:14 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 1928-05-01 — 1686th 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: SOUTH FORK DITCH (1927-06-01). Immediately behind: CLEMENTS DITCH (1928-06-01).

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
29260.28611928-05-011937-05-28 0.50.0 CIRR H143

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 26 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2010, came in at 0 AF — 0% 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)
1979 76 15th lowest of 15 · 292% of median 56 0.8
1980 56 12th lowest of 15 · 215% of median 78 0.6
1981 16 5th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 41 0.3
1982 25 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 50 0.3
1983 23 6th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 34 0.4
1984 33 10th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 31 0.6
1985 67 14th lowest of 15 · 258% of median 51 0.8
1986 64 13th lowest of 15 · 246% of median 58 0.8
1987 28 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 37 0.5
1988 26 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 39 0.4
1989 10 4th lowest of 15 · 38% of median 18 0.3
1990 2 3rd lowest of 15 · 8% of median 12 0.1
1991 33 10th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 48 0.4
1992 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2010 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 3 0.0

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 621 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 8% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2010 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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