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HARRINGTON DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4500621 · 1 · GARFIELD CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 in line

Priority 1883-06-01 — 15th most senior of the 1378 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: RUSTLER DITCH (1883-05-12). Immediately behind: CLEAR CREEK DITCH (1883-11-08).

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
12205.01883-06-011888-05-05 0.250.0 CIRR 14

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 72 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 72 AF — 100% of that, and 7th 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)
2003 85 10th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 94 0.9
2004 10 1st lowest of 15 · 14% of median 23 0.2
2005 44 4th lowest of 15 · 61% of median 91 0.2
2006 42 3rd lowest of 15 · 58% of median 86 0.2
2007 139 14th lowest of 15 · 193% of median 142 0.5
2008 96 12th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 134 0.5
2009 85 10th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 120 0.5
2011 370 15th lowest of 15 · 514% of median 194 1.0
2016 136 13th lowest of 15 · 189% of median 178 0.5
2017 72 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 87 0.5
2018 51 6th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 146 0.3
2019 84 9th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 174 0.2
2020 14 2nd lowest of 15 · 19% of median 37 0.2
2021 47 5th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 113 0.2
2022 72 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 148 0.2

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