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H A FRENCH DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5200562 · 1 · HENRY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:19 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 1906-08-07 — 78th 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: INDIAN CAMP ALTERNATE POINT (1900-07-10). Immediately behind: A P R NO 5 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
20672.01906-08-071907-01-26 1.60.0 CIRR 82

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 60 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 20 AF — 33% of that, and 4th 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)
2005 30 5th lowest of 15 · 50% of median 16 1.0
2006 135 13th lowest of 15 · 225% of median 69 1.0
2007 114 11th lowest of 15 · 190% of median 70 1.0
2008 60 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 62 0.5
2009 77 9th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 64 0.6
2010 39 6th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 77 0.4
2011 129 12th lowest of 15 · 215% of median 85 1.0
2012 12 2nd lowest of 15 · 20% of median 71 0.1
2013 239 15th lowest of 15 · 398% of median 78 1.7
2015 49 7th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 71 0.7
2016 112 10th lowest of 15 · 187% of median 46 1.7
2017 9 1st lowest of 15 · 15% of median 27 0.2
2018 13 3rd lowest of 15 · 22% of median 44 0.2
2019 166 14th lowest of 15 · 277% of median 80 1.6
2021 20 4th lowest of 15 · 33% of median 30 0.3

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 2614 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 26% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2021 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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