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H B DICE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5200567 · 1 · SHEEPHORN CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:07 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 1900-07-30 — 67th 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: SWITZER DITCH (1900-05-01). Immediately behind: FLUME DITCH (1901-06-30).

Decreed rights (2)

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
19790.184731900-07-301907-01-26 0.60.0 CIRR 71
46386.447121972-06-011977-12-31 1.180.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 137 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 137 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)
1986 149 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 80 1.2
1987 56 1st lowest of 15 · 41% of median 95 0.3
1988 58 2nd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 59 0.5
1989 58 2nd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 59 0.5
1990 138 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 141 2.0
1991 189 12th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 153 2.0
1993 202 13th lowest of 15 · 147% of median 85 1.4
1994 83 4th lowest of 15 · 61% of median 83 1.5
1995 206 14th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 83 1.5
1996 233 15th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 92 1.7
2015 151 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 70 1.2
2016 112 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 58 1.7
2017 125 7th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 52 1.3
2018 95 5th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 40 1.3
2019 137 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 59 1.2

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 2 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 2317 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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