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HEINI DITCH NO 5
Structure dossier · WDID 5000580 · 1 · MUDDY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:19 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 in line
Priority 1894-10-31 — 53rd 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: MCBRIDE NO 2 DITCH (1893-03-21). Immediately behind: WEGGENMAN DITCH NO 2 (1895-05-31).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16375.0 | 1894-10-31 | 1906-08-11 | 1.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 53 |
| 32335.16345 | 1894-10-01 | 1941-07-17 | 2.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 176 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 293 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 199 AF — 68% of that, and 4th 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 | 335 | 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 61 | 4.3 |
| 2011 | 447 | 15th lowest of 15 · 153% of median | 56 | 4.8 |
| 2012 | 332 | 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | 68 | 2.8 |
| 2013 | 262 | 6th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 52 | 3.2 |
| 2014 | 323 | 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 64 | 3.2 |
| 2015 | 293 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 47 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | 260 | 5th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 49 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 352 | 14th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 54 | 4.0 |
| 2018 | 165 | 1st lowest of 15 · 56% of median | 55 | 4.0 |
| 2019 | 335 | 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 55 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | 346 | 13th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 64 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | 172 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 59% of median | 60 | 4.0 |
| 2022 | 264 | 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 67 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 193 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 58 | 3.0 |
| 2024 | 199 | 4th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 59 | 3.0 |
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