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MCKEE NO 1 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5300724 · 1 · MORRIS CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:18 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 1907-06-27 — 235th 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: DARNELL DITCH (1913-07-09). Immediately behind: MCKEE NO 2 DITCH (1909-06-20).

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
24262.209961907-06-271917-06-04 1.50.0 CIRR 249

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 113 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2012, came in at 45 AF — 40% of that, and 2nd 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)
1998 179 13th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 61 1.5
1999 98 7th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 67 0.8
2000 79 4th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 41 1.0
2001 86 6th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 64 1.0
2002 32 1st lowest of 15 · 28% of median 33 0.5
2003 233 15th lowest of 15 · 206% of median 99 1.5
2004 76 3rd lowest of 15 · 67% of median 78 0.5
2005 113 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 58 1.0
2006 113 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 77 0.8
2007 81 5th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 83 0.5
2008 144 10th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 92 1.0
2009 168 12th lowest of 15 · 149% of median 123 1.0
2010 146 11th lowest of 15 · 129% of median 92 1.0
2011 184 14th lowest of 15 · 163% of median 86 1.5
2012 45 2nd lowest of 15 · 40% of median 50 0.5

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 2059 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 26% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2012 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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