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SIMS E&E OF SMITH DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4100562 · 1 · HAPPY CANYON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:01 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 1911-09-02 — 114th 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: MOCK DITCH (1911-09-02). Immediately behind: SNIPE CREEK DITCH (1911-09-02).

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
24221.225241911-09-021929-07-03 4.680.0 CIRR 155

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 78 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2001, came in at 93 AF — 119% of that, and 9th 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)
1987 350 15th lowest of 15 · 449% of median 45 6.2
1988 78 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 31 1.5
1989 161 13th lowest of 15 · 206% of median 60 2.0
1990 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
1991 18 6th lowest of 15 · 23% of median 29 0.5
1992 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
1993 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
1994 220 14th lowest of 15 · 282% of median 28 5.0
1995 9 4th lowest of 15 · 12% of median 22 0.2
1996 13 5th lowest of 15 · 17% of median 28 0.3
1997 110 11th lowest of 15 · 141% of median 49 1.5
1998 67 7th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 16 2.5
1999 101 10th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 52 1.0
2000 115 12th lowest of 15 · 147% of median 51 2.0
2001 93 9th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 48 1.0

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