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CHARLEY RICE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6000554 · 1 · SAN MIGUEL RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:02 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 1945-06-01 — 922nd 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: MIKE YOUNG DITCH NO 2 (1945-04-25). Immediately behind: HASTINGS DITCH ENLT (1945-06-10).

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
34850.01945-06-011952-07-10 1.00.0 CIRR 417, 417C

Recorded use (last 12 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 122 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1989, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 12 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)
1976 115 6th lowest of 12 · 95% of median 120 0.5
1977 95 4th lowest of 12 · 78% of median 72 1.0
1978 173 12th lowest of 12 · 142% of median 140 1.0
1979 155 8th lowest of 12 · 128% of median 139 0.8
1980 105 5th lowest of 12 · 86% of median 103 0.6
1981 163 10th lowest of 12 · 134% of median 144 1.0
1982 155 8th lowest of 12 · 128% of median 147 0.8
1983 128 7th lowest of 12 · 105% of median 130 0.6
1984 91 3rd lowest of 12 · 75% of median 79 0.8
1985 164 11th lowest of 12 · 135% of median 140 0.6
1988 0 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median 6 0.0
1989 0 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median 3 0.0

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