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JANICE SPRING AND DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5301067 · 1 · ELK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:08 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 1890-06-09 — 508th 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: DARREN SPRING AND DITCH (1890-06-09). Immediately behind: SHAWN SPRING AND POND (1912-12-31).

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
44194.14771890-06-091971-12-31 1.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 50 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2013, came in at 52 AF — 104% 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)
1995 99 12th lowest of 15 · 198% of median 51 1.0
1996 169 15th lowest of 15 · 338% of median 99 1.0
1997 103 13th lowest of 15 · 206% of median 105 0.5
1998 50 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 51 0.5
1999 29 4th lowest of 15 · 58% of median 44 0.5
2000 49 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 50 0.5
2005 36 6th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 73 0.2
2006 11 2nd lowest of 15 · 22% of median 56 0.1
2007 11 2nd lowest of 15 · 22% of median 58 0.1
2008 8 1st lowest of 15 · 16% of median 18 0.2
2009 66 11th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 59 0.8
2010 60 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 61 0.5
2011 126 14th lowest of 15 · 252% of median 85 1.0
2012 29 4th lowest of 15 · 58% of median 39 0.5
2013 52 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 57 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 1545 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 26% of the irrigation seasons in 1985-2013 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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