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DICKSON DITCH AND RES

Structure dossier · WDID 6000575 · 1 · FALL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:38 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 1930-06-01 — 894th 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: PLATEAU BASIN DITCH (1930-04-15). Immediately behind: CORNFORTH DITCH (1931-07-01).

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
32811.293711930-06-011952-07-10 3.00.0 CIRR 379

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 204 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2001, came in at 204 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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 138 4th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 100 1.0
1988 122 3rd lowest of 15 · 60% of median 71 1.0
1989 287 12th lowest of 15 · 141% of median 106 2.0
1990 97 1st lowest of 15 · 48% of median 50 1.0
1991 105 2nd lowest of 15 · 52% of median 57 1.0
1992 151 6th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 91 1.0
1993 138 4th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 86 1.0
1994 191 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 72 2.0
1995 442 15th lowest of 15 · 217% of median 116 3.0
1996 212 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 102 1.5
1997 235 10th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 114 1.8
1998 313 13th lowest of 15 · 153% of median 134 2.5
1999 403 14th lowest of 15 · 198% of median 149 2.8
2000 240 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 85 2.6
2001 204 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 85 1.5

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 2284 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 39% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2001 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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