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X-Y IRRIGATING DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 6700617 · 1 · ARKANSAS RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 1889-07-22 — 38th 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: HYDE DITCH APD (1887-05-10). Immediately behind: THURSTON RESERVOIR (1889-08-12).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14448.0 | 1889-07-22 | 1895-07-01 | 69.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 11 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 12,418 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1995, came in at 20,660 AF — 166% of that, and 11th lowest of the 12 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 9,513 | 3rd lowest of 12 · 77% of median | — | 139 | 46.0 |
| 1985 | 11,982 | 6th lowest of 12 · 96% of median | — | 184 | 84.0 |
| 1986 | 16,677 | 10th lowest of 12 · 134% of median | — | 204 | 70.0 |
| 1987 | 14,840 | 8th lowest of 12 · 120% of median | — | 212 | 62.0 |
| 1988 | 16,495 | 9th lowest of 12 · 133% of median | — | 219 | 55.0 |
| 1989 | 11,361 | 5th lowest of 12 · 92% of median | — | 215 | 38.0 |
| 1990 | 10,072 | 4th lowest of 12 · 81% of median | — | 192 | 47.0 |
| 1991 | 8,892 | 2nd lowest of 12 · 72% of median | — | 234 | 35.0 |
| 1992 | 7,482 | 1st lowest of 12 · 60% of median | — | 229 | 48.0 |
| 1993 | 12,853 | 7th lowest of 12 · 104% of median | — | 261 | 42.0 |
| 1994 | 23,758 | 12th lowest of 12 · 191% of median | — | 298 | 63.0 |
| 1995 | 20,660 | 11th lowest of 12 · 166% of median | — | 262 | 75.0 |
| 1996 | — | no recorded volume | 2,704 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | — | no recorded volume | 313 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | — | no recorded volume | 1,529 | 0 | — |
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