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NORTH MT DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6000721 · 1 · NATURITA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 1913-07-21 — 719th 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: LAVENDER & WHEELER PL (1913-07-21). Immediately behind: O'NEIL DITCH (1913-07-21).

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
24379.232121913-07-211920-09-16 2.60.0 CIRR 132

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 189 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2000, came in at 173 AF — 92% of that, and 6th 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)
1986 216 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 135 2.0
1987 189 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 171 1.0
1988 97 2nd lowest of 15 · 51% of median 30 1.8
1989 154 4th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 117 1.0
1990 149 3rd lowest of 15 · 79% of median 163 0.8
1991 55 1st lowest of 15 · 29% of median 106 0.3
1992 194 10th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 177 0.6
1993 193 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 171 1.2
1994 240 15th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 179 1.0
1995 225 13th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 182 0.8
1996 175 7th lowest of 15 · 93% of median 180 1.0
1997 216 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 164 1.0
1998 171 5th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 174 0.8
1999 237 14th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 165 1.0
2000 173 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 184 0.8

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