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LYVERE DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6700580 · 1 · LEVERE DITCH (AKA WEST P · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:20 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 in line

Priority 1915-04-11 — 186th 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: HOMSHER WELL NO 2 (1915-04-10). Immediately behind: DUDLEY DITCH NO 1 (1915-04-12).

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
25123.238411915-04-111922-06-03 2.00.0 CIRR 39

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 182 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 50 AF — 28% of that, and 2nd 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 131 6th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 158 1.6
2010 260 12th lowest of 15 · 143% of median 238 4.9
2011 438 15th lowest of 15 · 241% of median 256 51.0
2012 156 7th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 87 3.8
2013 25 1st lowest of 15 · 14% of median 29 0.5
2016 112 3rd lowest of 15 · 62% of median 72 4.0
2017 207 10th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 165 3.1
2018 273 13th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 330 2.8
2019 301 14th lowest of 15 · 165% of median 365 3.2
2020 204 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 313 3.3
2021 182 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 109 9.3
2022 213 11th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 143 6.7
2023 120 5th lowest of 15 · 66% of median 162 5.3
2024 114 4th lowest of 15 · 63% of median 125 2.8
2025 50 2nd lowest of 15 · 28% of median 89 2.7

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