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HOLYBEE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4001155 · 1 · TERROR CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:30 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 1883-11-13 — 108th 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: FAWCETT DITCH (1883-11-13). Immediately behind: PITKIN MESA PIPELINE (1883-11-13).

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
12370.01883-11-131889-06-17 0.40.0 CIRR 1

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 85 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 61 AF — 72% 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)
2010 81 4th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 130 0.4
2011 85 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 120 0.4
2012 117 14th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 169 0.4
2013 157 15th lowest of 15 · 185% of median 152 1.0
2014 94 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 159 0.5
2015 75 3rd lowest of 15 · 88% of median 146 0.5
2016 83 5th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 159 0.5
2017 83 5th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 144 0.4
2018 84 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 126 0.4
2019 108 13th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 168 0.5
2020 104 12th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 158 0.4
2021 103 11th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 159 0.4
2022 99 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 145 0.4
2023 64 2nd lowest of 15 · 75% of median 110 0.4
2024 61 1st lowest of 15 · 72% of median 94 0.4

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 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 7868 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 67% of the irrigation seasons in 1970-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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