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HOLMES DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4500632 · 1 · CACHE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:17 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 1885-08-02 — 33rd 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: TAUGHENBAUGH DITCH (1885-07-28). Immediately behind: TALLMADGE AND GIBSON D (1885-08-14).

Decreed rights (5)

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
12998.01885-08-021888-05-05 1.670.0 CIRR 35
13327.01886-06-271888-05-05 3.970.0 CIRR 57
19544.129981885-08-021903-11-12 0.830.0 CDOMSTK DOM5
19812.161561894-03-261904-04-02 2.00.0 CIRR 117AA
21366.191131902-05-011908-11-09 2.670.0 CIRR 125A

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,029 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 1,291 AF — 126% of that, and 12th 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)
2010 1,029 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 283 10.6
2011 1,632 14th lowest of 15 · 159% of median 256 11.0
2012 686 2nd lowest of 15 · 67% of median 179 5.6
2013 934 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 266 10.3
2014 1,238 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 287 10.3
2015 1,242 11th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 300 10.3
2016 978 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 161 10.3
2017 866 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 216 6.7
2018 595 1st lowest of 15 · 58% of median 180 5.6
2019 1,737 15th lowest of 15 · 169% of median 288 12.0
2020 725 4th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 260 5.6
2021 718 3rd lowest of 15 · 70% of median 175 5.6
2022 1,500 13th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 365 12.6
2023 1,100 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 203 6.2
2024 1,291 12th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 240 10.3

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