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PAUL DITCH NO 1
Structure dossier · WDID 4700991 · 1 · MICHIGAN RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:46 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1885-05-12 — 47th 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: WALDEN DITCH (1885-05-12). Immediately behind: IVA MAY DITCH (1885-05-12).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12916.0 | 1885-05-12 | 1902-04-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 31 |
| 44660.0 | 1972-04-10 | 1972-12-31 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 59 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 41 AF — 70% of that, and 7th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 486 | 12th lowest of 15 · 824% of median | 84 | 7.5 |
| 2008 | 879 | 15th lowest of 15 · 1490% of median | 53 | 9.0 |
| 2009 | 520 | 13th lowest of 15 · 881% of median | 62 | 7.0 |
| 2010 | 617 | 14th lowest of 15 · 1046% of median | 53 | 9.0 |
| 2012 | 40 | 6th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 42 | 1.0 |
| 2013 | 231 | 9th lowest of 15 · 392% of median | 50 | 3.0 |
| 2014 | 313 | 11th lowest of 15 · 530% of median | 56 | 3.0 |
| 2015 | 59 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 61 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 265 | 10th lowest of 15 · 449% of median | 69 | 2.5 |
| 2021 | 29 | 5th lowest of 15 · 49% of median | 22 | 0.7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4th lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 21 | 0.6 |
| 2025 | 41 | 7th lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 42 | 0.5 |
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