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DRY PARK DITCH DIV PT. 1

Structure dossier · WDID 5200903 · 1 · CASTLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:09 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 1887-03-20 — 479th 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: J&K ENTERPRISES PUMP (1997-05-09). Immediately behind: DRY PARK DITCH DIV PT. 2 (1887-03-20).

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
54056.135931887-03-201998-12-31 2.50.0 CIRR 7

Recorded use (last 13 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 93 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 100 AF — 108% of that, and 9th lowest of the 13 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)
2003 48 2nd lowest of 13 · 52% of median 32 1.0
2004 20 1st lowest of 13 · 22% of median 21 0.5
2005 99 8th lowest of 13 · 106% of median 51 1.0
2006 125 12th lowest of 13 · 134% of median 47 1.5
2007 93 7th lowest of 13 · 100% of median 61 1.0
2008 84 5th lowest of 13 · 90% of median 65 1.0
2009 116 11th lowest of 13 · 125% of median 68 1.0
2010 88 6th lowest of 13 · 95% of median 55 1.0
2011 114 10th lowest of 13 · 123% of median 116 1.0
2012 62 3rd lowest of 13 · 67% of median 73 0.5
2013 67 4th lowest of 13 · 72% of median 43 1.0
2020 383 13th lowest of 13 · 412% of median 71 2.8
2023 100 9th lowest of 13 · 108% of median 64 0.8

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 767 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 18% of the irrigation seasons in 2003-2023 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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