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INDEPENDENCE IRR DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6200640 · 1 · LAKE FORK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:06 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 1902-03-01 — 237th most senior of the 1980 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: FRENCH DITCH NO 3 (1901-05-01). Immediately behind: ARTA SMITH NO 1 D (1903-05-10).

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
27585.190521902-03-011941-04-21 0.830.0 CIRR 235

Recorded use (last 14 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 79 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2020, came in at 129 AF — 163% of that, and 11th 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)
1997 65 6th lowest of 14 · 82% of median 60 0.7
1998 79 7th lowest of 14 · 100% of median 63 0.7
2006 141 12th lowest of 14 · 178% of median 146 0.5
2008 18 4th lowest of 14 · 23% of median 69 0.1
2009 32 5th lowest of 14 · 40% of median 78 0.2
2010 0 1st lowest of 14 · 0% of median 20 0.0
2011 3 3rd lowest of 14 · 4% of median 47 0.0
2012 1 2nd lowest of 14 · 1% of median 23 0.0
2013 119 10th lowest of 14 · 151% of median 134 0.4
2014 244 13th lowest of 14 · 309% of median 145 0.9
2017 79 7th lowest of 14 · 100% of median 106 0.5
2018 81 9th lowest of 14 · 102% of median 164 0.2
2019 287 14th lowest of 14 · 363% of median 150 1.0
2020 129 11th lowest of 14 · 163% of median 134 0.8

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 1339 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 27% of the irrigation seasons in 1997-2020 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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