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SCHLEGAL DITCH (ALKALI)

Structure dossier · WDID 5200632 · 1 · BIG ALKALI CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:27 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.

Which of its rights get called out?

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 1953-08-05 — 206th 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: HURT RESERVOIR (1947-10-01). Immediately behind: BURNS RESERVOIR (1955-12-31).

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
37837.01953-08-051972-05-31 14.760.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 279 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 294 AF — 105% of that, and 9th 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 167 5th lowest of 15 · 60% of median 85 1.0
2006 504 14th lowest of 15 · 181% of median 69 4.0
2008 279 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 67 3.6
2009 217 7th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 46 3.0
2010 308 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 55 3.2
2011 317 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 64 3.0
2012 383 13th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 73 6.2
2013 599 15th lowest of 15 · 215% of median 73 6.0
2014 88 3rd lowest of 15 · 32% of median 55 0.8
2016 338 12th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 118 2.3
2017 116 4th lowest of 15 · 42% of median 57 1.2
2018 58 2nd lowest of 15 · 21% of median 26 1.2
2019 181 6th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 71 1.7
2020 31 1st lowest of 15 · 11% of median 33 0.5
2024 294 9th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 92 2.2

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