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BEAVER MESA DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 6000521 · 1 · SALTADO CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1891-08-17 — 104th most senior of the 2893 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: LAWSON DITCH (1891-06-22). Immediately behind: NORTH CHICAGO WATER RT (1891-08-31).
Decreed rights (5)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15204.0 | 1891-08-17 | 1914-11-02 | 3.64 | 5.0 | C | IRR | 469, 48 |
| 23681.22787 | 1912-05-22 | 1916-09-30 | 1.53 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 24379.23212 | 1913-07-21 | 1920-09-16 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 149 |
| 32811.30102 | 1932-06-01 | 1952-07-10 | 0.83 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 381 |
| 36747.0 | 1950-08-11 | 1952-07-10 | 10.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 469, 469C |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 447 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 607 AF — 136% of that, and 12th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 215 | 1st lowest of 15 · 48% of median | 128 | 1.8 |
| 2011 | 274 | 4th lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 91 | 2.2 |
| 2012 | 247 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 55% of median | 122 | 3.0 |
| 2013 | 944 | 14th lowest of 15 · 211% of median | 128 | 10.0 |
| 2014 | 716 | 13th lowest of 15 · 160% of median | 155 | 8.0 |
| 2015 | 1,145 | 15th lowest of 15 · 256% of median | 190 | 9.0 |
| 2016 | 444 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 190 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 586 | 11th lowest of 15 · 131% of median | 163 | 4.0 |
| 2018 | 334 | 5th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 185 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | 254 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 57% of median | 168 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 447 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 187 | 4.0 |
| 2021 | 522 | 9th lowest of 15 · 117% of median | 193 | 3.0 |
| 2022 | 551 | 10th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 178 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 405 | 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 163 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 607 | 12th lowest of 15 · 136% of median | 193 | 3.0 |
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