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HANKS VALLEY DITCH NO 1
Structure dossier · WDID 6000624 · 1 · HORSEFLY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:26 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1916-07-02 — 735th 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: FAYETTE PLACER (1916-07-02). Immediately behind: HANKS VALLEY DITCH NO 2 (1916-07-02).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25826.24289 | 1916-07-02 | 1929-02-26 | 1.95 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 162 |
| 31989.0 | 1937-08-01 | 1939-11-01 | 1.05 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 356 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 74 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 29 AF — 39% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 270 | 13th lowest of 15 · 365% of median | 92 | 3.2 |
| 2011 | 273 | 14th lowest of 15 · 369% of median | 127 | 2.5 |
| 2012 | 151 | 10th lowest of 15 · 204% of median | 55 | 2.5 |
| 2013 | 297 | 15th lowest of 15 · 401% of median | 56 | 4.2 |
| 2014 | 182 | 11th lowest of 15 · 246% of median | 59 | 2.0 |
| 2015 | 39 | 5th lowest of 15 · 53% of median | 46 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 74 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 33 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 65 | 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 54 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 6 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 7 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 58 | 6th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 33 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 35 | 4th lowest of 15 · 47% of median | 28 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 143 | 9th lowest of 15 · 193% of median | 47 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 202 | 12th lowest of 15 · 273% of median | 61 | 3.0 |
| 2024 | 29 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 28 | 1.0 |
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