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GRACE ESTEP DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6000614 · 1 · SPECIE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:22 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 1924-05-25 — 780th 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: DRY PARK DITCH (1923-05-15). Immediately behind: STINKING SPRING (1926-04-17).

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
27173.01924-05-251929-02-26 0.650.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 79 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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)
1992 115 12th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 172 0.5
1993 122 14th lowest of 15 · 154% of median 181 0.8
1994 116 13th lowest of 15 · 147% of median 107 0.8
1995 79 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 163 0.4
1996 49 7th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 122 0.2
1997 100 10th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 177 0.4
1998 93 9th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 126 0.5
1999 111 11th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 117 0.6
2000 135 15th lowest of 15 · 171% of median 139 0.6
2019 26 6th lowest of 15 · 33% of median 114 0.2
2020 18 5th lowest of 15 · 23% of median 62 0.2
2021 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2022 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 4 0.0
2023 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2024 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 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 2780 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 28% of the irrigation seasons in 1977-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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