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CLARK DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 6900501 · 1 · DISAPPOINTMENT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:06 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (f6d7fdc) — 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 1883-06-21 — 2nd most senior of the 55 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: HENRY M KNIGHT DITCH (1883-03-01). Immediately behind: PINE ARROYA DITCH (1883-06-21).

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
15372.122251883-06-211911-03-28 1.20.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 61 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 61 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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 315 15th lowest of 15 · 516% of median 72 2.3
2012 60 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 109 0.5
2013 185 14th lowest of 15 · 303% of median 140 1.0
2014 82 10th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 101 0.5
2015 42 6th lowest of 15 · 69% of median 62 0.5
2016 10 3rd lowest of 15 · 16% of median 27 0.2
2017 31 5th lowest of 15 · 51% of median 28 0.8
2018 115 13th lowest of 15 · 188% of median 96 1.0
2019 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 6 0.0
2020 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 9 0.0
2021 23 4th lowest of 15 · 38% of median 87 0.2
2022 68 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 105 0.4
2023 89 11th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 103 0.5
2024 100 12th lowest of 15 · 164% of median 110 0.6
2025 61 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 73 0.9

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.