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J K MARTIN DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 6700530 · 1 · ARKANSAS RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:08 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 1887-05-10 — 34th most senior of the 2116 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: AMITY CANAL (1887-02-21). Immediately behind: IDEAL DITCH (1887-05-10).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13644.0 | 1887-05-10 | 1895-07-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 8 |
| 21857.18353 | 1900-04-01 | 1918-10-14 | 0.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 1918-8 |
| 25123.24592 | 1917-05-01 | 1922-06-03 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 60 |
Recorded use (last 14 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 43 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 48 AF — 112% of that, and 8th lowest of the 14 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 191 | 13th lowest of 14 · 444% of median | 101 | 2.0 |
| 2010 | 164 | 12th lowest of 14 · 381% of median | 75 | 3.0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1st lowest of 14 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5th lowest of 14 · 56% of median | 10 | 1.5 |
| 2015 | 18 | 3rd lowest of 14 · 42% of median | 9 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5th lowest of 14 · 56% of median | 10 | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2nd lowest of 14 · 28% of median | 8 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | 22 | 4th lowest of 14 · 51% of median | 76 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | 105 | 9th lowest of 14 · 244% of median | 363 | 6.7 |
| 2021 | 110 | 10th lowest of 14 · 256% of median | 153 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 38 | 7th lowest of 14 · 88% of median | 65 | 0.3 |
| 2023 | 129 | 11th lowest of 14 · 300% of median | 114 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 864 | 14th lowest of 14 · 2009% of median | 306 | 5.2 |
| 2025 | 48 | 8th lowest of 14 · 112% of median | 17 | 1.9 |
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