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NELLIE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4800560 · 1 · MCGUIRE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:04 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 1903-09-10 — 67th 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: LINK LAKE 14 (1902-08-25). Immediately behind: TIMOTHY DITCH (1904-07-05).

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
20737.19611903-09-101914-02-20 15.30.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 115 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 52 AF — 45% of that, and 3rd 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 129 12th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 67 2.2
2011 136 13th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 50 2.2
2012 103 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 41 1.9
2013 115 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 53 2.2
2014 136 13th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 62 2.2
2015 115 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 53 2.2
2016 116 10th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 54 2.2
2017 122 11th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 86 2.0
2018 60 5th lowest of 15 · 52% of median 36 2.2
2019 72 6th lowest of 15 · 63% of median 73 1.0
2020 198 15th lowest of 15 · 172% of median 41 3.9
2021 32 2nd lowest of 15 · 28% of median 21 1.2
2022 18 1st lowest of 15 · 16% of median 13 1.2
2023 57 4th lowest of 15 · 50% of median 27 1.9
2024 52 3rd lowest of 15 · 45% of median 13 4.6

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 2479 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 23% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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