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BATTLE CREEK DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 5100518 · 1 · BATTLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:52 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 1880-06-01 — 6th most senior of the 2208 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: UTE BILL DITCH NO 1 (1879-06-15). Immediately behind: MCQUEARY DITCH 6 (1880-06-05).

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
11110.01880-06-011906-08-11 0.750.0 CIRR 5

Recorded use (last 13 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 94 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 46 AF — 49% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 13 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)
2004 42 2nd lowest of 13 · 45% of median 67 0.4
2008 177 12th lowest of 13 · 188% of median 81 3.0
2009 70 6th lowest of 13 · 74% of median 38 1.2
2010 60 5th lowest of 13 · 64% of median 52 0.8
2011 254 13th lowest of 13 · 270% of median 99 1.8
2012 29 1st lowest of 13 · 31% of median 22 0.7
2013 55 4th lowest of 13 · 58% of median 43 0.8
2014 118 10th lowest of 13 · 126% of median 59 1.2
2015 94 7th lowest of 13 · 100% of median 69 1.0
2016 129 11th lowest of 13 · 137% of median 82 1.2
2017 101 9th lowest of 13 · 107% of median 66 1.3
2018 94 7th lowest of 13 · 100% of median 86 0.8
2019 46 3rd lowest of 13 · 49% of median 45 0.8

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