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FAIRVIEW DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5300575 · 1 · ROCK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:07 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 1905-05-18 — 193rd 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: WEST YARMANY DITCH (1888-05-01). Immediately behind: FAIRVIEW RESERVOIR (1905-05-18).

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
21971.202261905-05-181910-11-14 2.00.0 CIRR 209

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 76 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 98 AF — 129% of that, and 10th 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)
1987 252 15th lowest of 15 · 332% of median 91 1.6
1988 141 12th lowest of 15 · 186% of median 72 1.0
1989 135 11th lowest of 15 · 178% of median 69 1.0
1990 164 13th lowest of 15 · 216% of median 59 2.0
1991 172 14th lowest of 15 · 226% of median 96 2.0
1993 76 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 43 1.5
2003 61 7th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 78 0.4
2010 24 2nd lowest of 15 · 32% of median 44 0.3
2011 97 9th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 89 0.8
2012 34 3rd lowest of 15 · 45% of median 76 0.5
2013 59 6th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 74 0.5
2016 42 4th lowest of 15 · 55% of median 164 0.2
2017 52 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 133 0.2
2018 23 1st lowest of 15 · 30% of median 87 0.2
2019 98 10th lowest of 15 · 129% of median 101 0.8

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.