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TUMBLE CREEK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6000786 · 1 · HORSEFLY CREEK · 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 — 748th 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: TABOR DITCH (1916-07-02). Immediately behind: WARREN RECORD DITCH (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 4.160.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 116 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 119 AF — 103% of that, and 9th 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 128 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 89 1.7
2011 177 14th lowest of 15 · 153% of median 96 2.3
2012 144 11th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 47 2.5
2013 83 6th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 66 1.0
2014 98 7th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 77 1.4
2015 144 11th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 202 1.3
2016 183 15th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 143 1.5
2017 162 13th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 84 1.4
2018 11 1st lowest of 15 · 10% of median 46 0.2
2019 116 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 66 1.6
2020 59 4th lowest of 15 · 51% of median 68 0.8
2021 53 2nd lowest of 15 · 46% of median 86 0.5
2022 78 5th lowest of 15 · 67% of median 54 1.0
2023 53 2nd lowest of 15 · 46% of median 66 1.0
2024 119 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 116 1.2

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