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TINKER JOE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5300833 · 1 · SUTTON CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:57 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 1917-08-10 — 299th 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: MCKEEN NO 2 DITCH (1917-06-15). Immediately behind: BILL AND JIM DITCH (1918-05-01).

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
33023.246931917-08-101956-02-07 6.00.0 CIRR 314

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 138 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 138 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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)
2009 143 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 52 2.4
2010 223 12th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 78 2.0
2011 274 14th lowest of 15 · 199% of median 81 2.4
2012 46 2nd lowest of 15 · 33% of median 49 0.6
2013 120 6th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 50 1.5
2014 9 1st lowest of 15 · 6% of median 19 0.2
2015 261 13th lowest of 15 · 189% of median 79 2.3
2016 159 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 87 1.2
2017 142 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 42 2.6
2018 98 5th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 37 3.2
2019 408 15th lowest of 15 · 296% of median 84 4.4
2020 136 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 26 3.0
2021 82 4th lowest of 15 · 59% of median 42 2.0
2022 58 3rd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 39 1.0
2024 138 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 55 2.4

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 3004 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 29% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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