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LOVE DITCH NO 3

Structure dossier · WDID 6001171 · 1 · SAN MIGUEL RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:15 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 1966-09-01 — 1009th 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: RODS WELL NO 1 (1966-07-01). Immediately behind: HIDDEN LAKES EST CLAIM B (1966-06-01).

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
42612.01966-09-011967-01-16 3.00.0 CIRR 544

Recorded use (last 14 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 158 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2000, came in at 36 AF — 23% of that, and 1st lowest of the 14 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 303 12th lowest of 14 · 192% of median 155 1.0
1988 83 4th lowest of 14 · 53% of median 86 0.5
1989 123 7th lowest of 14 · 78% of median 125 0.5
1990 97 5th lowest of 14 · 62% of median 197 0.2
1991 55 2nd lowest of 14 · 35% of median 128 0.3
1992 102 6th lowest of 14 · 65% of median 147 0.5
1993 201 10th lowest of 14 · 128% of median 200 1.0
1994 57 3rd lowest of 14 · 36% of median 142 0.2
1995 653 14th lowest of 14 · 415% of median 173 2.0
1996 541 13th lowest of 14 · 344% of median 190 2.0
1997 262 11th lowest of 14 · 166% of median 136 1.0
1998 192 8th lowest of 14 · 122% of median 160 1.5
1999 196 9th lowest of 14 · 124% of median 102 1.0
2000 36 1st lowest of 14 · 23% of median 181 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 2122 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 74% of the irrigation seasons in 1987-2000 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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