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HOMESTEAD DITCH 1

Structure dossier · WDID 4800562 · 1 · JENKINS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:19 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 1901-10-22 — 39th 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: FORRESTER CREEK DITCH (1901-06-30). Immediately behind: HOMESTEAD DITCH 2 (1901-10-23).

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
18922.01901-10-221906-10-11 5.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 109 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 25 AF — 23% of that, and 1st 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 112 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 50 2.3
2011 94 4th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 47 2.3
2012 84 2nd lowest of 15 · 77% of median 47 2.1
2013 109 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 55 2.3
2014 109 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 55 2.3
2015 109 6th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 55 2.3
2016 112 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 57 2.3
2017 101 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 51 2.2
2018 151 11th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 47 5.7
2019 86 3rd lowest of 15 · 79% of median 45 2.0
2020 246 15th lowest of 15 · 226% of median 69 3.9
2021 166 12th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 65 2.5
2022 214 13th lowest of 15 · 196% of median 40 3.8
2023 226 14th lowest of 15 · 207% of median 51 4.6
2024 25 1st lowest of 15 · 23% of median 26 0.8

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 2947 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 27% 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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