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DELONGE KELLY DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5800607 · 1 · NORTH FORK FISH CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 in line
Priority 1901-08-10 — 231st most senior of the 3097 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: SAND CREEK DITCH (1895-11-01). Immediately behind: GOULD WELL (1901-09-02).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18849.0 | 1901-08-10 | 1901-09-16 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | 160 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 245 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 192 | 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 51 | 3.0 |
| 1990 | 238 | 6th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 53 | 4.0 |
| 1991 | 270 | 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 83 | 4.0 |
| 1992 | 122 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 50% of median | 75 | 2.0 |
| 1993 | 150 | 4th lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 73 | 2.0 |
| 1994 | 292 | 10th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 57 | 4.0 |
| 1995 | 529 | 15th lowest of 15 · 216% of median | 120 | 4.0 |
| 1996 | 245 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 62 | 4.0 |
| 1997 | 314 | 14th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 96 | 4.0 |
| 1998 | 294 | 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 84 | 4.0 |
| 1999 | 245 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 53 | 4.0 |
| 2000 | 304 | 13th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 62 | 4.0 |
| 2001 | 303 | 12th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 93 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
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