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Structure dossier · WDID 4700708 · 1 · CANADIAN RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 in line
Priority 1889-09-15 — 218th most senior of the 1262 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: GILLETTE DITCH 2 (1889-09-15). Immediately behind: HARDWORK DITCH (1889-09-30).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14503.0 | 1889-09-15 | 1892-09-19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 205(185) |
| 15120.0 | 1891-05-25 | 1892-09-19 | 3.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 241(213) |
| 18414.0 | 1900-06-01 | 1908-07-01 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 303 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 346 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,043 AF — 301% of that, and 15th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 331 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 59 | 4.0 |
| 2007 | 464 | 11th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 63 | 5.6 |
| 2008 | 548 | 14th lowest of 15 · 158% of median | 52 | 7.0 |
| 2009 | 393 | 9th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 53 | 6.0 |
| 2010 | 335 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 41 | 7.0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 242 | 4th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 28 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 346 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 66 | 4.5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 475 | 12th lowest of 15 · 137% of median | 47 | 6.2 |
| 2017 | 536 | 13th lowest of 15 · 155% of median | 70 | 4.0 |
| 2018 | 413 | 10th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 49 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 312 | 5th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 23 | 7.2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 1,043 | 15th lowest of 15 · 301% of median | 124 | 7.2 |
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