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JONES NO 3 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5100747 · 1 · JONES CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 1883-12-30 — 264th 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: JONES NO 2 DITCH (1883-12-30). Immediately behind: SMITH NO 2 DITCH (1884-11-30).

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
23454.124171883-12-301915-03-18 1.50.0 CIRR 271

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 50 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 16 AF — 32% of that, and 1st 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)
2006 21 2nd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 24 0.5
2007 58 9th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 49 0.7
2008 131 14th lowest of 15 · 262% of median 61 1.5
2009 88 13th lowest of 15 · 176% of median 53 1.5
2010 72 11th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 75 0.5
2011 134 15th lowest of 15 · 268% of median 54 1.5
2012 28 5th lowest of 15 · 56% of median 68 0.2
2013 50 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 63 0.5
2014 79 12th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 81 0.8
2015 35 6th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 46 0.5
2016 61 10th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 59 1.0
2017 43 7th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 48 0.5
2019 22 4th lowest of 15 · 44% of median 36 0.5
2020 21 2nd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 40 0.5
2022 16 1st lowest of 15 · 32% of median 31 0.3

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