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JOHN MEDVED DITCH NO 3

Structure dossier · WDID 4001161 · 1 · BUCK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:01 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 1923-08-01 — 1675th 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: CARTER DITCH (1922-10-01). Immediately behind: BATTLE POINT DITCH (1924-10-10).

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
29260.268751923-08-011937-05-28 1.50.0 CIRR H133

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 97 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 46 AF — 47% of that, and 2nd 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 68 7th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 45 1.0
2011 57 5th lowest of 15 · 59% of median 71 0.5
2012 59 6th lowest of 15 · 61% of median 66 0.5
2013 46 2nd lowest of 15 · 47% of median 20 1.5
2014 289 14th lowest of 15 · 298% of median 109 3.5
2015 163 10th lowest of 15 · 168% of median 80 1.8
2016 225 13th lowest of 15 · 232% of median 96 2.2
2017 340 15th lowest of 15 · 350% of median 105 2.2
2018 137 9th lowest of 15 · 141% of median 102 1.4
2019 56 4th lowest of 15 · 58% of median 58 0.8
2020 169 11th lowest of 15 · 174% of median 72 1.7
2021 97 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 81 1.4
2022 190 12th lowest of 15 · 196% of median 94 2.2
2023 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 6 0.0
2024 46 2nd lowest of 15 · 47% of median 67 0.6

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 1711 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 16% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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