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FREDA DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7200623 · 1 · PLATEAU CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 00:24 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 1921-12-15 — 453rd 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: MICHAELSEN NO 1 RES (1921-07-24). Immediately behind: BLOWOUT DITCH (1921-12-20).

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
30895.262811921-12-151941-07-25 0.570.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 111 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 106 AF — 96% of that, and 7th 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)
1998 146 12th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 131 0.6
1999 145 11th lowest of 15 · 131% of median 129 0.6
2000 105 6th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 94 0.6
2003 84 4th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 87 0.5
2005 175 13th lowest of 15 · 158% of median 153 0.8
2008 119 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 106 0.6
2009 200 15th lowest of 15 · 180% of median 179 0.6
2010 111 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 113 0.5
2014 92 5th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 85 0.6
2015 189 14th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 176 0.8
2016 2 1st lowest of 15 · 2% of median 3 0.8
2017 34 2nd lowest of 15 · 31% of median 33 0.7
2018 76 3rd lowest of 15 · 68% of median 169 0.5
2020 123 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 164 0.6
2021 106 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 174 0.5

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 3911 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 50% of the irrigation seasons in 1985-2021 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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