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JIMMY CREEK DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 4800553 · 1 · JIMMY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:54 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 1884-06-01 — 14th most senior of the 143 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: WARD DITCH 2 (1883-07-01). Immediately behind: SMITHS BROWN DITCH (1884-06-10).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12571.0 | 1884-06-01 | 1896-10-30 | 5.52 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 15096.0 | 1891-05-01 | 1896-10-30 | 5.4648 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 20737.16955 | 1896-06-02 | 1914-02-20 | 18.96 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 411 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 673 AF — 164% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 490 | 12th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 67 | 6.3 |
| 2011 | 410 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 61 | 5.8 |
| 2012 | 251 | 1st lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 39 | 5.8 |
| 2013 | 411 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 60 | 6.3 |
| 2014 | 376 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 57 | 6.3 |
| 2015 | 411 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 60 | 6.3 |
| 2016 | 407 | 5th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 60 | 6.3 |
| 2017 | 432 | 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 58 | 6.0 |
| 2018 | 362 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 65 | 7.4 |
| 2019 | 381 | 4th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 52 | 5.0 |
| 2020 | 552 | 13th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 82 | 5.4 |
| 2021 | 450 | 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 70 | 6.1 |
| 2022 | 581 | 14th lowest of 15 · 141% of median | 72 | 6.3 |
| 2023 | 407 | 5th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 71 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 673 | 15th lowest of 15 · 164% of median | 73 | 8.0 |
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