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PRESTOPITZ DITCH ALT PT1

Structure dossier · WDID 5601570 · 1 · TALAMANTES CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:28 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 1882-04-01 — 8th 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: YARNELL DITCH NO 1 AP 1 (1882-04-01). Immediately behind: PRESTOPITZ DITCH ALT PT2 (1882-04-01).

Decreed rights (2)

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
11779.01882-04-011894-09-22 0.00.0 CIRRDOMSTK 2
44925.220351910-05-011973-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRDOMSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 53 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 37 AF — 70% of that, and 7th 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)
2007 33 5th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 38 0.5
2012 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2013 15 2nd lowest of 15 · 28% of median 55 0.2
2014 22 3rd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 92 0.3
2015 59 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 131 0.6
2016 30 4th lowest of 15 · 57% of median 68 0.9
2017 111 14th lowest of 15 · 209% of median 154 2.5
2018 62 11th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 94 2.5
2019 33 5th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 126 0.2
2020 53 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 167 0.5
2021 55 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 183 0.3
2022 100 12th lowest of 15 · 189% of median 190 0.7
2023 113 15th lowest of 15 · 213% of median 112 3.0
2024 108 13th lowest of 15 · 204% of median 116 0.5
2025 37 7th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 175 0.2

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