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REED OVERMAN DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 6800703 · 1 · DALLAS CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:53 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 1878-05-01 — 26th 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: MOODY DITCH (1878-05-01). Immediately behind: BROWNYARD NO2 DITCH (1878-05-01).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10348.0 | 1878-05-01 | 1897-05-15 | 7.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 26 |
| 33733.22066 | 1910-06-01 | 1961-04-14 | 13.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 5 |
| 35215.0 | 1946-06-01 | 1961-04-14 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 54056.48485 | 1982-09-30 | 1998-12-31 | 1.5 | 0.0 | C | STK |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,182 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,138 AF — 96% of that, and 6th 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 | 2,523 | 15th lowest of 15 · 214% of median | 149 | 18.2 |
| 2012 | 930 | 5th lowest of 15 · 79% of median | 133 | 7.1 |
| 2013 | 456 | 1st lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 101 | 4.2 |
| 2014 | 1,611 | 13th lowest of 15 · 136% of median | 176 | 13.5 |
| 2015 | 1,182 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 165 | 11.8 |
| 2016 | 1,176 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 118 | 14.8 |
| 2017 | 1,508 | 10th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 148 | 10.9 |
| 2018 | 521 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 44% of median | 151 | 5.9 |
| 2019 | 1,520 | 11th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 137 | 14.7 |
| 2020 | 843 | 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 207 | 4.8 |
| 2021 | 830 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 70% of median | 160 | 8.0 |
| 2022 | 1,599 | 12th lowest of 15 · 135% of median | 206 | 8.2 |
| 2023 | 1,443 | 9th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 256 | 13.0 |
| 2024 | 1,908 | 14th lowest of 15 · 161% of median | 366 | 13.5 |
| 2025 | 1,138 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | 283 | 7.0 |
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