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JOHN DAVIS WASTE & SEEP

Structure dossier · WDID 6000656 · 1 · MAVERICK DRAW · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:17 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 in line

Priority 1916-07-02 — 740th 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: JARRETT DITCH (1916-07-02). Immediately behind: JOHN A ROSS DITCH NO 1 (1916-07-02).

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
25826.242891916-07-021929-02-26 2.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 102 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2001, came in at 76 AF — 74% of that, and 4th 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 202 14th lowest of 15 · 198% of median 365 1.0
1988 111 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 366 0.2
1989 126 12th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 365 0.2
1990 96 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 364 0.2
1991 62 1st lowest of 15 · 61% of median 340 0.2
1992 102 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 366 0.2
1993 246 15th lowest of 15 · 241% of median 365 1.2
1994 89 5th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 365 0.2
1995 175 13th lowest of 15 · 172% of median 365 0.4
1996 121 10th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 366 0.4
1997 122 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 304 0.4
1998 93 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 297 0.4
1999 67 2nd lowest of 15 · 66% of median 165 0.3
2000 75 3rd lowest of 15 · 74% of median 205 0.3
2001 76 4th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 214 0.3

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