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BAYLIS DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 5101347 · 1 · ROCKWELL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:09 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 1929-01-23 — 1649th 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: LADMAN WELL - ALT PT (1922-06-21). Immediately behind: BAYLIS DITCH NO 2 (1929-01-23).

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
54056.288771929-01-231998-12-31 1.00.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 29 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 56 AF — 193% of that, and 11th 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)
2007 184 15th lowest of 15 · 634% of median 75 2.4
2008 85 14th lowest of 15 · 293% of median 64 1.0
2010 43 10th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 53 0.6
2011 28 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 46 0.8
2013 21 5th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 30 0.5
2014 29 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 64 0.4
2016 59 12th lowest of 15 · 203% of median 55 1.0
2017 16 2nd lowest of 15 · 55% of median 43 0.2
2018 17 4th lowest of 15 · 59% of median 59 0.2
2019 65 13th lowest of 15 · 224% of median 60 0.7
2020 32 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 73 0.2
2021 16 2nd lowest of 15 · 55% of median 40 0.3
2022 24 6th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 46 0.3
2023 12 1st lowest of 15 · 41% of median 37 0.2
2024 56 11th lowest of 15 · 193% of median 57 1.0

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 961 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 23% of the irrigation seasons in 2005-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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