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LAIRD DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6500510 · 1 · NORTH FORK REPUBLICAN RI · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:13 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 1888-10-20 — 7th most senior of the 112 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: WRAY DITCH (1888-10-04). Immediately behind: WILSON RIVER PUMP (1888-10-20).

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
14173.01888-10-201912-07-03 0.250.0 CIRRRECFISSTKAUGOTH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,841 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2008, came in at 235 AF — 13% of that, and 1st 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)
1994 1,518 4th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 108 12.2
1995 796 2nd lowest of 15 · 43% of median 69 12.0
1996 1,158 3rd lowest of 15 · 63% of median 119 10.6
1997 1,598 5th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 114 10.9
1998 2,179 10th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 163 12.4
1999 2,358 14th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 141 11.0
2000 2,062 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 152 10.1
2001 2,182 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 167 12.4
2002 2,948 15th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 163 10.9
2003 1,841 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 163 8.4
2004 2,303 13th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 200 9.3
2005 2,221 12th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 202 13.0
2006 1,797 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 171 9.7
2007 1,693 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 161 7.7
2008 235 1st lowest of 15 · 13% of median 33 7.1

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