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MEANA DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5300700 · 1 · SWEETWATER CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:55 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 1889-05-01 — 142nd 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: FRANK GROH PUMP STATION (1903-05-09). Immediately behind: ELK DITCH (1889-07-31).

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
20427.143661889-05-011907-12-09 1.50.0 CIRR 162

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 218 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 70 AF — 32% of that, and 1st 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)
2004 113 4th lowest of 15 · 52% of median 116 0.5
2005 218 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 111 1.0
2006 83 2nd lowest of 15 · 38% of median 85 0.5
2007 122 5th lowest of 15 · 56% of median 83 0.8
2008 90 3rd lowest of 15 · 41% of median 92 0.5
2009 252 12th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 128 1.0
2010 152 7th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 113 1.0
2011 232 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 121 1.5
2012 130 6th lowest of 15 · 60% of median 127 0.8
2016 248 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 173 1.2
2017 528 15th lowest of 15 · 242% of median 147 3.2
2018 309 14th lowest of 15 · 142% of median 199 1.1
2019 255 13th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 135 2.2
2020 222 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 133 0.9
2024 70 1st lowest of 15 · 32% of median 118 0.3

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 3337 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 33% of the irrigation seasons in 1977-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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