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BALES WILLIAMS MORRISON
Structure dossier · WDID 4200503 · 1 · KANNAH CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:20 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 1884-11-01 — 6th most senior of the 726 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: LAURENT DITCH (1882-03-06). Immediately behind: BOWEN PRIVATE DITCH (1884-11-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12724.0 | 1884-11-01 | 1888-07-25 | 0.29 | 0.0 | C | IRR | NO.2 |
| 13902.0 | 1888-01-23 | 1888-07-25 | 2.7 | 0.0 | C | IRR | NO.10 |
| 30895.23597 | 1914-08-10 | 1941-07-25 | 0.585 | 0.0 | C | IRR | NO.16 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 323 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 375 AF — 116% of that, and 11th 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 | 321 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 182 | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 433 | 13th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 173 | 4.0 |
| 2012 | 336 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 206 | 3.4 |
| 2013 | 262 | 6th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 158 | 3.1 |
| 2014 | 345 | 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 191 | 3.9 |
| 2015 | 403 | 12th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 216 | 2.9 |
| 2016 | 323 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 180 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | 443 | 14th lowest of 15 · 137% of median | 195 | 4.1 |
| 2018 | 154 | 1st lowest of 15 · 48% of median | 162 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 521 | 15th lowest of 15 · 161% of median | 207 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | 176 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 155 | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 158 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 49% of median | 112 | 3.0 |
| 2022 | 215 | 4th lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 120 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 241 | 5th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 114 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 375 | 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 154 | 3.1 |
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