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BOWLING DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6000532 · 1 · NATURITA 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 1898-05-01 — 807th 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: STOCKDALE BENNETT DITCH (1898-04-01). Immediately behind: SUNSHINE LAKE DITCH (1898-06-01).

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
30604.176531898-05-011939-11-01 0.330.0 CIRR 236

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 121 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2001, came in at 106 AF — 88% of that, and 5th 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)
1987 163 15th lowest of 15 · 135% of median 365 0.2
1988 157 14th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 366 0.5
1989 121 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 364 0.2
1990 100 3rd lowest of 15 · 83% of median 364 0.2
1991 104 4th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 365 0.3
1992 84 1st lowest of 15 · 69% of median 366 0.2
1993 142 10th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 365 0.2
1994 145 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 365 0.2
1995 145 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 365 0.2
1996 94 2nd lowest of 15 · 78% of median 277 0.2
1997 106 5th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 304 0.2
1998 142 10th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 288 0.2
1999 107 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 341 0.3
2000 122 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 366 0.2
2001 106 5th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 304 0.2

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