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MCKENZIE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5100814 · 1 · BULL RUN · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:17 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

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 1908-04-30 — 248th 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: SHORE DITCH NO 3 (1908-04-20). Immediately behind: B W FIELDS MULE CREEK NO 2 DITCH (1908-07-15).

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
21304.01908-04-301911-08-03 2.50.0 CIRR 252

Recorded use (last 12 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 94 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 44 AF — 47% of that, and 2nd lowest of the 12 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)
1996 142 10th lowest of 12 · 152% of median 52 1.7
1997 163 12th lowest of 12 · 174% of median 52 1.9
1998 157 11th lowest of 12 · 168% of median 65 2.5
1999 97 7th lowest of 12 · 104% of median 46 1.7
2000 56 3rd lowest of 12 · 60% of median 33 1.2
2001 140 9th lowest of 12 · 150% of median 71 1.3
2002 17 1st lowest of 12 · 18% of median 19 0.5
2004 90 6th lowest of 12 · 96% of median 59 1.2
2005 80 5th lowest of 12 · 86% of median 68 1.0
2006 115 8th lowest of 12 · 123% of median 55 1.6
2007 73 4th lowest of 12 · 78% of median 51 0.9
2023 44 2nd lowest of 12 · 47% of median 46 0.5

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 617 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 11% of the irrigation seasons in 1996-2023 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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