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A P R NO 5 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5200512 · 1 · SHEEPHORN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:09 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 1906-08-26 — 79th most senior of the 562 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: H A FRENCH DITCH (1906-08-07). Immediately behind: A P R NO 6 DITCH (1906-08-26).

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
20691.01906-08-261907-01-26 1.20.0 CIRR 83

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 146 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2016, came in at 146 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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)
1982 111 7th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 52 1.2
1983 245 13th lowest of 15 · 168% of median 135 0.9
1984 215 12th lowest of 15 · 147% of median 119 0.9
1985 192 11th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 110 0.9
1986 278 15th lowest of 15 · 190% of median 140 1.3
1987 91 4th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 47 1.0
1988 107 6th lowest of 15 · 73% of median 50 1.2
1989 106 5th lowest of 15 · 73% of median 49 1.2
1990 184 10th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 134 1.0
1991 158 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 153 1.0
1993 263 14th lowest of 15 · 180% of median 145 0.9
1994 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2011 51 2nd lowest of 15 · 35% of median 33 0.8
2013 88 3rd lowest of 15 · 60% of median 39 1.2
2016 146 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 67 1.3

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 1788 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 20% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2016 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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