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BENNETT DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6000523 · 1 · TABEGUACHE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:58 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

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 1971-11-13 — 1222nd 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: MIDDLE FORK RESERVOIR, A (1971-11-01). Immediately behind: GRIFFITH SPRING & PL NO2 (1972-03-07).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
44559.445111971-11-131972-12-31 1.50.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 47 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 16 AF — 34% of that, and 2nd 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)
1998 58 10th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 143 0.3
1999 47 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 173 0.2
2011 97 15th lowest of 15 · 206% of median 122 0.5
2012 34 6th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 44 0.5
2013 9 1st lowest of 15 · 19% of median 26 0.2
2014 31 5th lowest of 15 · 66% of median 80 0.2
2015 59 11th lowest of 15 · 126% of median 112 0.3
2016 43 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 64 0.5
2017 83 14th lowest of 15 · 177% of median 122 0.4
2018 23 4th lowest of 15 · 49% of median 151 0.1
2019 51 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 53 0.6
2021 75 13th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 182 0.2
2022 21 3rd lowest of 15 · 45% of median 55 0.2
2023 62 12th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 120 0.3
2024 16 2nd lowest of 15 · 34% of median 38 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 3539 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 33% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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