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PRIESTLY DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 6000738 · 1 · MAVERICK DRAW · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:15 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 1897-08-25 — 141st 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: DANIELS DITCH (1896-07-31). Immediately behind: LASALLE DITCH (1898-05-28).

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
17404.01897-08-251911-06-03 0.90.0 CIRR 83

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 144 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 119 AF — 83% of that, and 7th 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)
2010 166 10th lowest of 15 · 115% of median 135 1.5
2011 265 12th lowest of 15 · 184% of median 188 2.6
2012 80 5th lowest of 15 · 56% of median 71 1.0
2013 54 3rd lowest of 15 · 38% of median 103 0.5
2014 321 15th lowest of 15 · 223% of median 212 1.5
2015 144 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 197 1.3
2016 303 14th lowest of 15 · 210% of median 188 1.5
2017 278 13th lowest of 15 · 193% of median 203 2.1
2018 62 4th lowest of 15 · 43% of median 66 2.2
2019 212 11th lowest of 15 · 147% of median 133 2.0
2020 102 6th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 68 2.3
2021 52 2nd lowest of 15 · 36% of median 65 0.7
2022 47 1st lowest of 15 · 33% of median 140 0.5
2023 150 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 77 2.5
2024 119 7th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 133 1.6

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