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MESA DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5300703 · 1 · ANTELOPE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:52 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 1911-03-01 — 223rd 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: SIMPSON WELL (1910-12-31). Immediately behind: DESERT DITCH (1911-04-01).

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
22339.01911-03-011913-11-10 1.40.6 CIRR 236

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 92 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 101 AF — 110% 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)
2004 51 4th lowest of 15 · 55% of median 82 0.5
2005 92 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 94 0.5
2006 60 5th lowest of 15 · 65% of median 61 0.5
2007 63 6th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 93 0.5
2008 85 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 87 0.5
2009 143 11th lowest of 15 · 155% of median 73 1.0
2014 22 2nd lowest of 15 · 24% of median 43 0.3
2015 193 13th lowest of 15 · 210% of median 96 1.4
2016 200 14th lowest of 15 · 217% of median 112 1.2
2017 48 3rd lowest of 15 · 52% of median 135 0.2
2018 7 1st lowest of 15 · 8% of median 27 0.2
2019 107 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 156 0.6
2022 182 12th lowest of 15 · 198% of median 201 0.8
2023 201 15th lowest of 15 · 218% of median 226 1.1
2024 101 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 208 0.5

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