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HOYLE & KNIGHT DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5800697 · 1 · FISH CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:22 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 1889-08-09 — 106th 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: FISH CR MUN WATER INTAKE (1889-08-09). Immediately behind: MT WERNER BURGESS PL (1889-08-09).
Decreed rights (10)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14466.0 | 1889-08-09 | 1892-09-22 | 6.3 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMRECFISDOMAUG | 82 |
| 18452.16594 | 1895-06-07 | 1900-09-24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMRECFISDOM | 130 |
| 18529.152 | 1891-08-13 | 1901-09-16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMRECFISDOM | 112 |
| 19985.1883 | 1901-07-22 | 1904-09-20 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMRECFISDOM | 159D |
| 22438.22048 | 1910-05-14 | 1911-06-13 | 0.56 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMRECFISDOM | 189A |
| 22445.14503 | 1889-09-15 | 1911-06-16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMRECFISDOM | 83AA |
| 22544.22156 | 1910-08-30 | 1912-07-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMRECFISDOM | 191 |
| 22999.19173 | 1902-06-30 | 1912-12-21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMRECFISDOM | 162AA |
| 42156.0 | 1965-06-02 | 1972-05-30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMRECFISDOM | 52, 52A, 5 |
| 42962.0 | 1967-08-17 | 1972-05-30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMRECFISDOM | C71, C71A, |
Legal record & documents
43 decreed actions on record across
9 court cases:
W0959-76, 81CW0089, 21CW3048, CA2902, CA0697, W0005-70, CA3870, 09CW0062, 09/22/1892.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
W0959-76 | 29 | 1972-12-31 | O, S |
81CW0089 | 2 | 1972-12-31 | S |
21CW3048 | 2 | 1972-05-30 | S |
CA2902 | 2 | 1957-06-22 | S |
CA0697 | 2 | 1911-06-13 | S |
W0005-70 | 2 | 1892-09-22 | O |
CA3870 | 1 | 1892-09-22 | O |
09CW0062 | 2 | 1892-09-22 | O |
09/22/1892 | 1 | 1892-09-22 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 226 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2006, came in at 63 AF — 28% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 393 | 15th lowest of 15 · 174% of median | 305 | 2.0 |
| 1993 | 289 | 13th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 186 | 3.2 |
| 1994 | 262 | 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 171 | 2.7 |
| 1995 | 132 | 4th lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 52 | 2.9 |
| 1996 | 194 | 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 64 | 1.9 |
| 1997 | 226 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 91 | 2.0 |
| 1998 | 136 | 5th lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 95 | 1.9 |
| 1999 | 110 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 49% of median | 54 | 1.9 |
| 2000 | 270 | 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 114 | 2.0 |
| 2001 | 115 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 51% of median | 41 | 1.9 |
| 2002 | 227 | 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 100 | 1.9 |
| 2003 | 207 | 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 132 | 1.9 |
| 2004 | 249 | 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 140 | 1.9 |
| 2005 | 322 | 14th lowest of 15 · 142% of median | 148 | 1.9 |
| 2006 | 63 | 1st lowest of 15 · 28% of median | 53 | 0.8 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 10 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 8848 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 56% of the irrigation seasons in 1933-2006 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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