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BELLODI CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4501147 · 1 · GARFIELD CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:05 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 1905-04-01 — 1005th 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: ANTES WELL (1993-11-23). Immediately behind: EPPERLY SPRING (1992-09-14).

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
52595.201791905-04-011994-12-31 3.00.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 14 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 62 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2009, came in at 246 AF — 397% of that, and 14th lowest of the 14 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)
1994 54 4th lowest of 14 · 87% of median 18 2.0
1995 38 3rd lowest of 14 · 61% of median 37 1.0
1996 113 13th lowest of 14 · 182% of median 23 3.0
1997 66 8th lowest of 14 · 106% of median 32 2.0
1998 75 9th lowest of 14 · 121% of median 32 2.0
1999 105 12th lowest of 14 · 169% of median 35 3.0
2002 3 1st lowest of 14 · 5% of median 4 0.5
2003 37 2nd lowest of 14 · 60% of median 31 1.0
2004 58 7th lowest of 14 · 94% of median 28 1.5
2005 91 10th lowest of 14 · 147% of median 58 1.0
2006 101 11th lowest of 14 · 163% of median 53 1.0
2007 55 5th lowest of 14 · 89% of median 50 1.0
2008 56 6th lowest of 14 · 90% of median 49 0.8
2009 246 14th lowest of 14 · 397% of median 66 2.2

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 516 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 16% of the irrigation seasons in 1994-2009 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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