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JOSHUA R BARNES DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7200528 · 1 · MESA CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:12 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1908-05-01 — 233rd most senior of the 2166 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: ATWELL WASTE SEEP DITCH (1908-05-01). Immediately behind: SMITH STRUTHERS DITCH #1 (1908-06-05).

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
22995.213051908-05-011916-06-01 0.150.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 9 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 30 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2012, came in at 30 AF — 100% of that, and 5th lowest of the 9 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)
1998 13 1st lowest of 9 · 43% of median 50 0.2
1999 68 7th lowest of 9 · 227% of median 231 0.2
2001 18 3rd lowest of 9 · 60% of median 61 0.2
2002 90 8th lowest of 9 · 300% of median 304 0.2
2003 17 2nd lowest of 9 · 57% of median 58 0.2
2004 91 9th lowest of 9 · 303% of median 305 0.2
2010 28 4th lowest of 9 · 93% of median 104 0.2
2011 41 6th lowest of 9 · 137% of median 139 0.2
2012 30 5th lowest of 9 · 100% of median 153 0.1

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.