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HEATH DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6800602 · 1 · UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:51 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 1890-03-02 — 222nd 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: STURGILL NO2 WELL (1917-12-31). Immediately behind: LENORE DITCH (1922-01-01).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
25623.146711890-03-021924-06-05 1.1250.0 CIRR 141A
29554.146711890-03-021942-05-11 1.8750.0 CIRR 57
40646.385361955-07-051971-09-13 7.50.0 CFIS 42

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 275 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 190 AF — 69% of that, and 3rd 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 195 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 202 2.0
2012 279 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 178 3.1
2013 646 13th lowest of 15 · 235% of median 274 3.8
2014 325 10th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 325 1.5
2015 374 11th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 335 2.5
2016 519 12th lowest of 15 · 189% of median 180 4.1
2017 275 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 253 2.7
2018 253 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 160 2.5
2019 195 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 124 5.3
2020 49 1st lowest of 15 · 18% of median 103 0.6
2021 135 2nd lowest of 15 · 49% of median 108 1.4
2022 236 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 217 2.5
2023 858 14th lowest of 15 · 312% of median 269 5.7
2024 1,108 15th lowest of 15 · 403% of median 130 9.3
2025 190 3rd lowest of 15 · 69% of median 99 2.5

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