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BEAVER DAM DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4001080 · 1 · BAINARD CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 05:26 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 1922-06-15 — 1673rd 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: FRED GODING DITCH (1922-05-15). Immediately behind: CARTER DITCH (1922-10-01).

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
29260.264631922-06-151937-05-28 2.50.0 CIRR H129

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 98 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 88 AF — 90% of that, and 7th 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)
2010 262 15th lowest of 15 · 267% of median 73 2.0
2011 215 14th lowest of 15 · 219% of median 67 2.0
2012 52 3rd lowest of 15 · 53% of median 46 0.8
2013 86 6th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 56 1.0
2014 98 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 57 1.2
2015 170 11th lowest of 15 · 174% of median 83 1.6
2016 146 10th lowest of 15 · 149% of median 71 2.2
2017 128 9th lowest of 15 · 131% of median 43 2.2
2018 3 2nd lowest of 15 · 3% of median 15 0.1
2019 188 13th lowest of 15 · 192% of median 72 2.2
2020 68 4th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 49 1.2
2021 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2022 82 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 49 1.8
2023 175 12th lowest of 15 · 179% of median 59 2.0
2024 88 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 49 1.2

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 2389 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 23% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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