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BECKER NO 5 DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5000519 · 1 · TROUBLESOME CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:18 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 1887-04-21 — 27th most senior of the 360 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: RITSCHARD DITCH (1886-05-31). Immediately behind: SIX DIAMOND DITCH (1887-05-18).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13625.0 | 1887-04-21 | 1906-08-11 | 1.33 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 27 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 68 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 378 AF — 556% of that, and 13th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 48 | 7th lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 19 | 1.5 |
| 2000 | 68 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 43 | 1.1 |
| 2001 | 96 | 9th lowest of 15 · 141% of median | 46 | 1.2 |
| 2002 | 9 | 1st lowest of 15 · 13% of median | 10 | 0.5 |
| 2003 | 39 | 6th lowest of 15 · 57% of median | 24 | 0.9 |
| 2004 | 18 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 26% of median | 20 | 0.5 |
| 2005 | 29 | 5th lowest of 15 · 43% of median | 36 | 0.5 |
| 2006 | 22 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 32% of median | 30 | 0.4 |
| 2007 | 22 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 32% of median | 23 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | 198 | 10th lowest of 15 · 291% of median | 52 | 2.0 |
| 2020 | 396 | 14th lowest of 15 · 582% of median | 64 | 4.5 |
| 2021 | 260 | 12th lowest of 15 · 382% of median | 73 | 3.2 |
| 2022 | 253 | 11th lowest of 15 · 372% of median | 73 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 451 | 15th lowest of 15 · 663% of median | 75 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 378 | 13th lowest of 15 · 556% of median | 63 | 5.0 |
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