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HOG EYE DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5200572 · 1 · SHEEPHORN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:49 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 in line
Priority 1889-06-15 — 24th 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: TIM MUGRAGE DITCH (1889-05-01). Immediately behind: HOG EYE DITCH AP (1889-06-15).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14411.0 | 1889-06-15 | 1890-11-20 | 1.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 22 |
| 19790.14429 | 1889-07-03 | 1907-01-26 | 2.4 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 53 |
| 24262.24262 | 1916-06-05 | 1916-07-17 | 2.7 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 100 |
| 29437.21002 | 1907-07-03 | 1946-08-30 | 5.94 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 31502.0 | 1936-04-01 | 1946-08-30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 710 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 71 AF — 10% of that, and 1st lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 841 | 12th lowest of 15 · 118% of median | 68 | 6.3 |
| 2004 | 680 | 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 73 | 4.8 |
| 2005 | 754 | 11th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 96 | 4.0 |
| 2006 | 508 | 6th lowest of 15 · 72% of median | 65 | 4.0 |
| 2007 | 726 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 62 | 6.0 |
| 2008 | 851 | 14th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 67 | 6.5 |
| 2009 | 710 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 64 | 6.0 |
| 2010 | 750 | 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 64 | 6.0 |
| 2011 | 845 | 13th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 72 | 6.0 |
| 2012 | 461 | 5th lowest of 15 · 65% of median | 67 | 4.0 |
| 2013 | 882 | 15th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 76 | 6.0 |
| 2015 | 114 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 16% of median | 70 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 152 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 21% of median | 57 | 1.9 |
| 2017 | 166 | 4th lowest of 15 · 23% of median | 45 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 71 | 1st lowest of 15 · 10% of median | 52 | 0.8 |
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