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METCALF DITCH 1
Structure dossier · WDID 5800773 · 1 · SODA CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:39 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1888-09-06 — 72nd 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: BORLAND DITCH (1888-09-06). Immediately behind: RADAMUS WELL (1888-09-06).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14129.0 | 1888-09-06 | 1892-09-22 | 1.305 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOMALL | (53)55, 55 |
| 14131.0 | 1888-09-08 | 1892-09-22 | 2.33 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | (55)57 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 238 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2020, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 99 | 5th lowest of 15 · 42% of median | 51 | 1.0 |
| 1984 | 93 | 4th lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 48 | 1.0 |
| 1985 | 128 | 6th lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 37 | 2.0 |
| 1986 | 590 | 14th lowest of 15 · 248% of median | 88 | 3.7 |
| 1987 | 488 | 13th lowest of 15 · 205% of median | 171 | 3.0 |
| 1988 | 601 | 15th lowest of 15 · 252% of median | 188 | 3.1 |
| 1989 | 336 | 12th lowest of 15 · 141% of median | 215 | 2.0 |
| 1990 | 304 | 11th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 365 | 3.0 |
| 1991 | 238 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 365 | 1.0 |
| 1992 | 239 | 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 366 | 1.0 |
| 1993 | 231 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 365 | 1.1 |
| 1994 | 72 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 30% of median | 365 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | 252 | 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 304 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
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