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NORTH FORK DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4001325 · 1 · COTTONWOOD CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:52 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 in line
Priority 1925-06-15 — 1680th 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: BEUTEN DITCH NO 3 (1925-06-01). Immediately behind: DYKE CREEK DITCH (1925-07-09).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29260.27559 | 1925-06-15 | 1937-05-28 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | H138 |
| 39914.0 | 1959-04-13 | 1964-01-31 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | K165 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 191 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 210 AF — 110% of that, and 9th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 191 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 71 | 2.8 |
| 1988 | 280 | 11th lowest of 15 · 147% of median | 66 | 2.5 |
| 2012 | 131 | 7th lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 33 | 4.0 |
| 2013 | 352 | 14th lowest of 15 · 184% of median | 77 | 2.5 |
| 2014 | 122 | 5th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 36 | 2.0 |
| 2015 | 296 | 12th lowest of 15 · 155% of median | 65 | 3.3 |
| 2016 | 258 | 10th lowest of 15 · 135% of median | 51 | 3.2 |
| 2017 | 347 | 13th lowest of 15 · 182% of median | 37 | 5.0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 6 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 452 | 15th lowest of 15 · 237% of median | 40 | 6.0 |
| 2020 | 18 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 9% of median | 19 | 0.5 |
| 2021 | 125 | 6th lowest of 15 · 65% of median | 22 | 3.0 |
| 2022 | 14 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 7% of median | 32 | 0.2 |
| 2023 | 110 | 4th lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 38 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 210 | 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 55 | 2.0 |
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