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FLORA DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 6800579 · 1 · COAL CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:45 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1883-10-01 — 106th 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: TAFT DITCH (1883-07-05). Immediately behind: POOR FARM WELL NO1 (1884-03-01).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12327.0 | 1883-10-01 | 1897-05-15 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 81 |
| 29554.12327 | 1883-10-01 | 1942-05-11 | 2.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 32 |
| 55517.36525 | 1950-01-01 | 2002-12-31 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | STK |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 541 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 536 AF — 99% of that, and 7th lowest of the 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 934 | 12th lowest of 15 · 173% of median | 302 | 6.5 |
| 2012 | 254 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 47% of median | 237 | 2.3 |
| 2013 | 764 | 10th lowest of 15 · 141% of median | 265 | 4.0 |
| 2014 | 1,098 | 14th lowest of 15 · 203% of median | 306 | 2.9 |
| 2015 | 541 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 253 | 2.3 |
| 2016 | 976 | 13th lowest of 15 · 180% of median | 326 | 5.5 |
| 2017 | 1,217 | 15th lowest of 15 · 225% of median | 281 | 6.6 |
| 2018 | 263 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 49% of median | 230 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | 674 | 9th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 315 | 5.2 |
| 2020 | 487 | 6th lowest of 15 · 90% of median | 211 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 364 | 4th lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 227 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 155 | 1st lowest of 15 · 29% of median | 196 | 0.6 |
| 2023 | 788 | 11th lowest of 15 · 146% of median | 275 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 452 | 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 221 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 536 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 169 | 4.1 |
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