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CLYDE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5300533 · 1 · EGERIA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:22 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1883-04-20 — 2nd most senior of the 1231 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: STEWART IRRIGATING DITCH (1882-08-15). Immediately behind: RAVENS NEST DITCH (1883-04-20).

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
12163.01883-04-201890-11-20 2.70.0 CIRR 1A

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 219 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 61 AF — 28% 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)
1995 639 15th lowest of 15 · 292% of median 114 3.2
1996 322 10th lowest of 15 · 147% of median 91 2.5
1997 585 14th lowest of 15 · 267% of median 73 6.5
1998 566 13th lowest of 15 · 258% of median 72 5.3
1999 459 12th lowest of 15 · 210% of median 59 4.7
2000 143 6th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 32 2.3
2001 260 9th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 81 2.9
2005 10 1st lowest of 15 · 5% of median 8 0.9
2012 52 2nd lowest of 15 · 24% of median 22 1.2
2015 219 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 63 2.4
2016 99 5th lowest of 15 · 45% of median 50 1.2
2017 66 4th lowest of 15 · 30% of median 58 1.4
2019 352 11th lowest of 15 · 161% of median 63 3.0
2020 216 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 70 2.5
2021 61 3rd lowest of 15 · 28% of median 46 0.7

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 3022 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 14% of the irrigation seasons in 1921-2021 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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