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FOWLER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5100635 · 1 · ELK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 01:21 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 1903-09-19 — 155th 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: REINHARDT NO 2 DITCH (1903-08-24). Immediately behind: LYMAN DITCH (1903-10-05).

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
19619.01903-09-191906-08-11 1.00.0 CIRR 137

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 128 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 128 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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 149 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 86 1.2
2011 218 14th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 94 1.7
2012 222 15th lowest of 15 · 173% of median 154 1.0
2013 102 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 93 1.0
2014 88 5th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 67 1.3
2015 175 13th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 86 1.5
2016 58 2nd lowest of 15 · 45% of median 57 0.9
2017 107 7th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 122 1.1
2018 5 1st lowest of 15 · 4% of median 23 0.2
2019 142 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 147 1.4
2020 84 3rd lowest of 15 · 66% of median 68 1.0
2021 85 4th lowest of 15 · 66% of median 128 0.7
2022 156 12th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 159 0.5
2023 155 11th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 143 1.2
2024 128 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 149 1.0

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 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 4315 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 43% of the irrigation seasons in 1978-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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