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VANDEFORD DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4001213 · 1 · NORTH FORK GUNNISON RIVE · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:08 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 1883-01-01 — 165th 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: STEWART DITCH (1882-06-01). Immediately behind: MALONEY IRR. WELL (1883-01-01).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14413.12054 | 1883-01-01 | 1901-04-12 | 2.7 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 2 |
| 14413.13185 | 1886-02-05 | 1901-04-12 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 17 |
| 14413.14062 | 1888-07-01 | 1901-04-12 | 1.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 21 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 869 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 590 AF — 68% of that, and 1st lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,500 | 15th lowest of 15 · 173% of median | 342 | 6.0 |
| 2011 | 979 | 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 353 | 4.0 |
| 2012 | 798 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 305 | 3.9 |
| 2013 | 803 | 4th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 252 | 5.5 |
| 2014 | 891 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 359 | 4.5 |
| 2015 | 1,002 | 12th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 365 | 4.5 |
| 2016 | 1,263 | 13th lowest of 15 · 145% of median | 366 | 5.2 |
| 2017 | 1,332 | 14th lowest of 15 · 153% of median | 359 | 6.9 |
| 2018 | 903 | 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 302 | 4.6 |
| 2019 | 842 | 5th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 289 | 4.5 |
| 2020 | 869 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 163 | 6.5 |
| 2021 | 869 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 208 | 4.6 |
| 2022 | 862 | 6th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 132 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 755 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 162 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 590 | 1st lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 175 | 4.8 |
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