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EMBEDEE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5200547 · 1 · SPRUCE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:47 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 1924-08-01 — 112th 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: GROUSE SPRING - A (1926-04-17). Immediately behind: MAUD S DITCH (1913-05-15).

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
28298.272411924-08-011928-06-20 1.4190.0 CIRR 116

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 91 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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)
1999 70 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 65 0.6
2000 98 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 66 0.8
2001 91 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 64 0.9
2002 76 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 57 1.0
2003 131 13th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 67 1.0
2004 119 11th lowest of 15 · 131% of median 82 0.9
2005 90 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 94 0.5
2006 129 12th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 100 0.8
2007 33 2nd lowest of 15 · 36% of median 68 0.2
2008 40 3rd lowest of 15 · 44% of median 55 0.4
2009 94 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 42 1.4
2010 156 14th lowest of 15 · 171% of median 64 1.4
2011 226 15th lowest of 15 · 248% of median 65 2.0
2012 68 4th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 50 1.0
2019 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0

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 2360 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 24% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2019 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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