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PAGODA CK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4400727 · 1 · PAGODA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:10 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 1908-12-31 — 510th most senior of the 3562 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: ELLIS DITCH (1908-12-31). Immediately behind: BOGENSCHUTZ DITCH (1909-03-31).

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
36295.215491908-12-311960-09-01 2.00.0 CIRR 19

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 139 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 534 AF — 384% of that, and 13th 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)
2007 238 11th lowest of 15 · 171% of median 61 2.0
2008 188 10th lowest of 15 · 135% of median 47 3.0
2009 117 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 40 2.0
2010 97 3rd lowest of 15 · 70% of median 41 2.0
2011 162 9th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 65 2.0
2012 105 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 45 2.0
2013 87 1st lowest of 15 · 63% of median 44 2.0
2014 117 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 45 2.0
2015 96 2nd lowest of 15 · 69% of median 39 2.0
2016 139 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 36 2.0
2020 109 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 32 1.8
2022 688 15th lowest of 15 · 495% of median 76 6.0
2023 559 14th lowest of 15 · 402% of median 81 5.0
2024 466 12th lowest of 15 · 335% of median 50 6.0
2025 534 13th lowest of 15 · 384% of median 67 5.5

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 2924 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 22% of the irrigation seasons in 1964-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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