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J. C. FREES PRIVATE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4100526 · 1 · HAPPY CANYON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:04 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 1911-09-02 — 109th most senior of the 1104 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: SEEPAGE FEEDER DITCH NO1 (1911-09-02). Immediately behind: GARREN LEWIS DITCH (1911-09-02).

Decreed rights (4)

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
24221.225241911-09-021929-07-03 3.650.0 CIRR 127
50769.226441911-12-311989-12-31 1.50.0 CSTK
57343.457761975-05-012007-12-31 1.50.0 CIRRFISFIRSTKWLD
57343.563392004-04-012007-12-31 0.2220.0 CIRRFISWLD

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,040 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,021 AF — 98% of that, and 6th 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)
2011 1,400 14th lowest of 15 · 135% of median 329 3.1
2012 1,126 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 333 2.6
2013 1,209 13th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 351 3.0
2014 1,106 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 331 2.5
2015 1,039 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 342 2.8
2016 868 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 354 2.2
2017 865 3rd lowest of 15 · 83% of median 316 2.4
2018 1,009 5th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 333 2.8
2019 1,137 11th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 362 2.9
2020 1,189 12th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 334 3.0
2021 848 2nd lowest of 15 · 82% of median 310 2.7
2022 1,040 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 336 2.8
2023 811 1st lowest of 15 · 78% of median 322 2.8
2024 1,712 15th lowest of 15 · 165% of median 366 5.1
2025 1,021 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 277 3.7

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