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CLIFF DWELLERS DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6300517 · 1 · BLUE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:05 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 1916-12-04 — 225th most senior of the 533 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: TOM WATKINS DITCH (1916-07-20). Immediately behind: HIGHLINE DITCH (1918-04-15).

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
30079.244441916-12-041939-02-11 0.780.0 CIRR 79

Recorded use (last 10 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 163 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1999, came in at 53 AF — 32% of that, and 1st lowest of the 10 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)
1978 173 7th lowest of 10 · 106% of median 85 1.5
1979 115 3rd lowest of 10 · 71% of median 68 2.1
1980 190 9th lowest of 10 · 117% of median 79 2.2
1981 112 2nd lowest of 10 · 69% of median 82 1.1
1982 141 4th lowest of 10 · 86% of median 85 1.5
1983 175 8th lowest of 10 · 107% of median 55 2.2
1984 226 10th lowest of 10 · 139% of median 72 2.2
1985 171 6th lowest of 10 · 105% of median 50 2.2
1998 155 5th lowest of 10 · 95% of median 48 2.0
1999 53 1st lowest of 10 · 32% of median 25 1.5

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 649 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 14% of the irrigation seasons in 1978-1999 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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