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B M & H DITCH 1
Structure dossier · WDID 4300513 · 1 · PICEANCE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:00 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1887-03-10 — 68th most senior of the 3293 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: LOWLAND DITCH (1886-11-06). Immediately behind: BURCH DITCH NO 1 (1887-03-15).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13583.0 | 1887-03-10 | 1889-05-10 | 5.4 | 0.0 | C | IRRIND | 58 |
| 14905.14353 | 1889-04-18 | 1894-09-27 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 112A |
| 32172.24592 | 1917-05-01 | 1942-05-26 | 4.3 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 467Z20 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 688 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 512 AF — 74% of that, and 7th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,726 | 12th lowest of 15 · 251% of median | 58 | 24.0 |
| 2012 | 1,140 | 10th lowest of 15 · 166% of median | 84 | 11.0 |
| 2013 | 688 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 83 | 5.7 |
| 2014 | 453 | 6th lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 44 | 5.7 |
| 2015 | 2,082 | 14th lowest of 15 · 303% of median | 131 | 10.3 |
| 2016 | 796 | 9th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 79 | 6.2 |
| 2017 | 431 | 5th lowest of 15 · 63% of median | 46 | 5.2 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1st lowest of 15 · 2% of median | 4 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 1,372 | 11th lowest of 15 · 199% of median | 144 | 6.9 |
| 2020 | 260 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 38% of median | 38 | 6.8 |
| 2021 | 410 | 4th lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 52 | 4.6 |
| 2022 | 107 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 16% of median | 18 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 2,058 | 13th lowest of 15 · 299% of median | 130 | 15.4 |
| 2024 | 2,268 | 15th lowest of 15 · 330% of median | 173 | 17.4 |
| 2025 | 512 | 7th lowest of 15 · 74% of median | 67 | 5.0 |
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