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HERRELL DITCH NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 4300691 · 1 · NORTH FORK WHITE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:16 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 1961-08-23 — 1252nd 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: POLFER DITCH & PL (1961-08-18). Immediately behind: HERRELL PIPELINE (1961-08-23).

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
40777.01961-08-231966-11-21 0.50.0 CRECFISDOM 694

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 269 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2014, came in at 60 AF — 22% of that, and 2nd 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)
1999 240 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 242 0.5
2000 363 13th lowest of 15 · 135% of median 366 0.5
2001 332 11th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 365 0.5
2002 271 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 365 0.5
2003 332 11th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 365 0.5
2004 201 5th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 366 0.5
2005 181 3rd lowest of 15 · 67% of median 365 0.2
2006 181 3rd lowest of 15 · 67% of median 365 0.2
2007 272 10th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 365 0.5
2008 363 13th lowest of 15 · 135% of median 366 0.5
2009 434 15th lowest of 15 · 161% of median 365 1.0
2010 269 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 365 0.5
2011 202 6th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 304 0.5
2013 12 1st lowest of 15 · 4% of median 61 0.1
2014 60 2nd lowest of 15 · 22% of median 304 0.1

How good is our record of it?

Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 7329 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1989-2014 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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