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NORTH CEDAR NO 3 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5300739 · 1 · NORTH FORK CEDAR CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:10 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 1952-10-12 — 359th 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: GRIMES BROOKS R INTAKE D (1952-08-27). Immediately behind: MARTIN LAKE RESERVOIR (1952-10-30).

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
37540.01952-10-121956-02-07 4.00.0 CIRR 391

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 116 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 25 AF — 22% 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)
1996 333 15th lowest of 15 · 287% of median 77 2.7
2003 94 7th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 62 1.0
2004 60 5th lowest of 15 · 52% of median 62 0.5
2005 81 6th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 55 0.8
2007 135 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 69 1.0
2008 188 13th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 96 1.0
2009 41 4th lowest of 15 · 35% of median 43 0.5
2011 214 14th lowest of 15 · 184% of median 71 2.8
2012 116 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 70 1.0
2013 125 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 50 1.5
2015 135 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 137 0.5
2016 139 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 56 1.6
2017 23 2nd lowest of 15 · 20% of median 24 0.5
2018 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 14 0.0
2019 25 3rd lowest of 15 · 22% of median 17 0.8

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