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V P BYRAM DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 7200562 · 1 · SPRING CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:26 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 1914-07-27 — 371st 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: HELIOTROPE DITCH (1914-07-15). Immediately behind: V P BYRAM DITCH NO 2 (1914-07-27).

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
30895.235831914-07-271941-07-25 0.520.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 191 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2014, came in at 160 AF — 84% of that, and 4th 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)
1991 161 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 164 1.0
1992 168 6th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 170 0.5
1993 152 3rd lowest of 15 · 80% of median 154 0.5
1994 146 2nd lowest of 15 · 76% of median 143 0.5
1995 423 14th lowest of 15 · 222% of median 245 2.0
1996 824 15th lowest of 15 · 431% of median 363 3.0
1997 376 11th lowest of 15 · 197% of median 365 0.5
1998 395 13th lowest of 15 · 207% of median 365 1.0
1999 307 10th lowest of 15 · 161% of median 300 0.5
2000 385 12th lowest of 15 · 202% of median 348 1.0
2001 277 9th lowest of 15 · 145% of median 271 0.5
2002 5 1st lowest of 15 · 3% of median 20 0.3
2004 183 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 178 0.5
2005 191 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 186 0.5
2014 160 4th lowest of 15 · 84% of median 105 1.2

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