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ROHRACKER NO 3 DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5100864 · 1 · EIGHTMILE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:48 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 1885-06-20 — 48th 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: TRAIL CREEK DITCH (1885-06-07). Immediately behind: HAMMOND NO 3 DITCH (1885-07-25).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12955.0 | 1885-06-20 | 1906-08-11 | 3.1 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 33 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 141 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 376 | 15th lowest of 15 · 267% of median | 153 | 3.0 |
| 1999 | 338 | 14th lowest of 15 · 240% of median | 58 | 3.1 |
| 2000 | 226 | 11th lowest of 15 · 160% of median | 58 | 2.0 |
| 2001 | 141 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 30 | 3.0 |
| 2002 | 247 | 12th lowest of 15 · 175% of median | 85 | 3.0 |
| 2004 | 148 | 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median | 42 | 3.0 |
| 2006 | 248 | 13th lowest of 15 · 176% of median | 51 | 2.5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 82 | 4th lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 62 | 1.0 |
| 2015 | 196 | 10th lowest of 15 · 139% of median | 67 | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 76 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 47 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | 94 | 5th lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 68 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | 121 | 7th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 40 | 2.0 |
| 2022 | 113 | 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 39 | 1.5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
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