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SHENANDOAH DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6000754 · 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 — 743rd 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: PLEASANT VALLEY DITCH (1916-07-02). Immediately behind: SILVERBELL FLUME AND PIPELINE 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 182

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 29 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2000, came in at 28 AF — 97% of that, and 5th 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 50 12th lowest of 15 · 172% of median 68 0.5
1987 39 10th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 49 0.5
1988 7 2nd lowest of 15 · 24% of median 18 0.2
1989 19 4th lowest of 15 · 66% of median 44 0.2
1990 6 1st lowest of 15 · 21% of median 17 0.2
1991 10 3rd lowest of 15 · 34% of median 38 0.2
1992 45 11th lowest of 15 · 155% of median 60 0.5
1993 29 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 34 1.0
1994 54 14th lowest of 15 · 186% of median 57 1.0
1995 37 9th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 76 0.2
1996 28 5th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 69 0.2
1997 61 15th lowest of 15 · 210% of median 92 0.5
1998 28 5th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 60 0.2
1999 51 13th lowest of 15 · 176% of median 40 1.2
2000 28 5th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 80 0.5

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