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CLIMAX DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6800531 · 1 · BILLY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:48 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 1881-10-01 — 67th most senior of the 1293 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: BROWN DITCH (1881-10-01). Immediately behind: HOMESTRETCH DITCH (1881-10-01).

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
11597.01881-10-011897-05-15 0.6250.0 CIRR 52

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 28 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 104 AF — 371% of that, and 15th 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)
2011 39 11th lowest of 15 · 139% of median 46 0.7
2012 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 3 0.0
2013 27 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 41 0.6
2014 14 2nd lowest of 15 · 50% of median 42 0.3
2015 18 5th lowest of 15 · 64% of median 27 1.0
2016 33 9th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 31 1.2
2017 16 3rd lowest of 15 · 57% of median 27 0.7
2018 20 6th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 30 0.6
2019 33 9th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 27 1.0
2020 28 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 31 0.8
2021 17 4th lowest of 15 · 61% of median 32 0.4
2022 42 12th lowest of 15 · 150% of median 49 0.6
2023 84 14th lowest of 15 · 300% of median 106 0.6
2024 61 13th lowest of 15 · 218% of median 86 0.6
2025 104 15th lowest of 15 · 371% of median 93 0.8

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 1339 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 8% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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