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RUMBA DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 6001975 · 1 · HORSEFLY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:34 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1977-07-05 — 2537th 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: ELDRED DITCH 4 (1977-07-05). Immediately behind: WAPITI DAVE SPRING 2 (1977-07-05).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56613.46572 | 1977-07-05 | 2005-12-31 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRSTKWLD |
Recorded use (last 12 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 31 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 11 AF — 36% of that, and 3rd lowest of the 12 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 80 | 8th lowest of 12 · 258% of median | 183 | 2.0 |
| 2014 | 134 | 10th lowest of 12 · 432% of median | 100 | 2.0 |
| 2015 | 195 | 12th lowest of 12 · 629% of median | 216 | 0.7 |
| 2016 | 171 | 11th lowest of 12 · 552% of median | 80 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 88 | 9th lowest of 12 · 284% of median | 205 | 1.2 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5th lowest of 12 · 48% of median | 43 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 29 | 6th lowest of 12 · 94% of median | 62 | 0.3 |
| 2020 | 13 | 4th lowest of 12 · 42% of median | 42 | 0.2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1st lowest of 12 · 3% of median | 15 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 33 | 7th lowest of 12 · 106% of median | 22 | 0.9 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2nd lowest of 12 · 26% of median | 12 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3rd lowest of 12 · 36% of median | 56 | 0.3 |
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