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NORTH PINEY DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5200604 · 1 · PINEY RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:21 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 1888-07-01 — 17th 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: ASHLOCK DITCH (1888-07-01). Immediately behind: SOUTH PINEY DITCH (1888-07-01).

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
14062.01888-07-011890-11-20 1.20.0 CIRR 17
29437.202411905-06-021946-08-30 1.770.0 CIRR 137

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 336 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 33 AF — 10% of that, and 3rd 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)
1984 461 13th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 107 2.8
1985 395 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 92 3.2
1986 368 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 97 2.8
1987 296 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 61 2.7
1988 336 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 74 2.8
1989 344 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 77 2.8
1990 492 15th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 142 3.0
1991 474 14th lowest of 15 · 141% of median 133 4.0
1993 435 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 101 3.5
1995 177 6th lowest of 15 · 53% of median 72 1.5
2011 71 4th lowest of 15 · 21% of median 28 1.5
2013 166 5th lowest of 15 · 49% of median 54 1.8
2017 29 2nd lowest of 15 · 9% of median 9 2.1
2023 16 1st lowest of 15 · 5% of median 19 0.5
2024 33 3rd lowest of 15 · 10% of median 26 0.7

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