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EAST SEEVERS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6000584 · 1 · FALL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:09 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 1902-07-01 — 814th 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: CHAMPLIN DITCH (1901-06-10). Immediately behind: WEST SEEVERS DITCH (1902-07-01).

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
30604.191741902-07-011939-11-01 1.50.0 CIRR 249

Recorded use (last 12 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 56 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1987, 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)
1974 219 12th lowest of 12 · 391% of median 138 1.5
1975 164 10th lowest of 12 · 293% of median 137 0.8
1976 169 11th lowest of 12 · 302% of median 114 1.0
1977 40 5th lowest of 12 · 71% of median 57 0.5
1979 88 8th lowest of 12 · 157% of median 122 0.5
1980 108 9th lowest of 12 · 193% of median 100 1.0
1981 43 6th lowest of 12 · 77% of median 136 0.2
1982 69 7th lowest of 12 · 123% of median 93 0.5
1983 27 4th lowest of 12 · 48% of median 49 0.5
1985 3 2nd lowest of 12 · 5% of median 7 0.2
1986 5 3rd lowest of 12 · 9% of median 29 0.1
1987 0 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median 4 0.0

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 986 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 35% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-1987 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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