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T W BLEVINS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 5600525 · 1 · MATT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 01:50 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 1914-04-15 — 49th most senior of the 909 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: DRY LAKE RESERVOIR (1913-09-06). Immediately behind: T W BLEVINS RES (1914-04-15).

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
31579.23481914-04-151964-10-09 2.00.0 CIRRDOM 3

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 60 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2016, came in at 6 AF — 10% of that, and 1st 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)
2000 161 12th lowest of 15 · 268% of median 97 2.0
2001 150 11th lowest of 15 · 250% of median 304 0.2
2002 24 4th lowest of 15 · 40% of median 7 2.0
2003 60 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 16 2.0
2004 199 13th lowest of 15 · 332% of median 220 1.0
2005 239 14th lowest of 15 · 398% of median 139 1.0
2006 143 10th lowest of 15 · 238% of median 129 1.0
2007 290 15th lowest of 15 · 483% of median 204 1.0
2008 6 1st lowest of 15 · 10% of median 185 0.0
2009 6 1st lowest of 15 · 10% of median 187 0.0
2010 31 5th lowest of 15 · 52% of median 220 0.2
2012 69 9th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 215 0.3
2013 59 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 198 0.3
2014 60 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 209 0.3
2016 6 1st lowest of 15 · 10% of median 17 0.2

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 3854 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 39% of the irrigation seasons in 1970-2016 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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