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BECKER AND HEINI DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5000521 · 1 · MUDDY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 1887-09-21 — 31st 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: BECKER NO 2 DITCH (1887-06-30). Immediately behind: BECKER NO 4 DITCH (1888-06-30).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13778.0 | 1887-09-21 | 1906-08-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | IRRAUG | 31 |
| 13778.0 | 1887-09-21 | 1906-08-11 | 3.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 31 |
Recorded use (last 12 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 542 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1995, came in at 527 AF — 97% of that, and 6th lowest of the 12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 115 | 1st lowest of 12 · 21% of median | 30 | 2.0 |
| 1985 | 366 | 2nd lowest of 12 · 68% of median | 78 | 5.2 |
| 1986 | 486 | 4th lowest of 12 · 90% of median | 85 | 4.2 |
| 1987 | 517 | 5th lowest of 12 · 95% of median | 77 | 4.8 |
| 1988 | 564 | 9th lowest of 12 · 104% of median | 60 | 9.0 |
| 1989 | 445 | 3rd lowest of 12 · 82% of median | 54 | 5.0 |
| 1990 | 557 | 7th lowest of 12 · 103% of median | 75 | 4.6 |
| 1991 | 661 | 12th lowest of 12 · 122% of median | 70 | 8.0 |
| 1992 | 586 | 10th lowest of 12 · 108% of median | 80 | 7.0 |
| 1993 | 586 | 10th lowest of 12 · 108% of median | 78 | 7.0 |
| 1994 | 562 | 8th lowest of 12 · 104% of median | 72 | 7.0 |
| 1995 | 527 | 6th lowest of 12 · 97% of median | 59 | 8.0 |
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