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SHADRICK DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5100881 · 1 · POLE CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:52 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 in line
Priority 1911-06-01 — 483rd 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: HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS WATER SYSTEM (1910-06-01). Immediately behind: NORTH SKYLARK DITCH (1913-06-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34241.22431 | 1911-06-01 | 1952-11-07 | 1.94 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | 457 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 82 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 62 AF — 76% of that, and 3rd 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 136 | 14th lowest of 15 · 166% of median | 94 | 1.2 |
| 2011 | 198 | 15th lowest of 15 · 242% of median | 64 | 3.0 |
| 2012 | 89 | 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 50 | 1.4 |
| 2013 | 78 | 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 44 | 1.0 |
| 2014 | 110 | 13th lowest of 15 · 134% of median | 62 | 1.2 |
| 2015 | 77 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 63 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 105 | 11th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 78 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1st lowest of 15 · 24% of median | 16 | 0.8 |
| 2018 | 82 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 60 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | 75 | 5th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 42 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | 67 | 4th lowest of 15 · 82% of median | 44 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | 48 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 50 | 0.8 |
| 2022 | 108 | 12th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 57 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 95 | 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 47 | 1.9 |
| 2024 | 62 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 76% of median | 39 | 1.0 |
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