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JOHNSON W SIDE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6200646 · 1 · CEBOLLA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:09 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 1897-06-01 — 231st 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: COBB-CEBOLLA CR D NORTH POD (1896-07-01). Immediately behind: JOHNSON E SIDE DITCH (1897-07-05).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
27585.173191897-06-011941-04-21 2.50.0 CIRR 219

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 416 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 448 AF — 108% of that, and 10th 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)
2009 470 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 86 3.7
2010 482 12th lowest of 15 · 116% of median 115 2.9
2011 429 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 131 4.1
2012 337 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 118 2.3
2013 719 14th lowest of 15 · 173% of median 152 3.8
2014 285 4th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 66 2.3
2015 416 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 92 2.7
2017 355 6th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 58 3.7
2018 818 15th lowest of 15 · 197% of median 120 3.7
2019 607 13th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 64 6.8
2020 78 2nd lowest of 15 · 19% of median 29 1.6
2021 153 3rd lowest of 15 · 37% of median 49 3.3
2022 52 1st lowest of 15 · 12% of median 88 0.6
2023 375 7th lowest of 15 · 90% of median 96 3.8
2024 448 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 84 3.6

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 3388 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 31% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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