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N F GUTHRIE DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 7200655 · 1 · GROVE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 03:46 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 1914-04-30 — 352nd 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: LORIMER DITCH (1914-04-29). Immediately behind: WILLIAM MILLER DITCH (1914-04-30).

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
30895.234951914-04-301941-07-25 0.260.0 CDOM

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 65 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2016, came in at 80 AF — 123% of that, and 11th 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)
1995 65 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 127 0.3
1996 174 15th lowest of 15 · 268% of median 56 2.8
1997 52 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 105 0.2
1998 55 7th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 115 0.2
1999 91 12th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 93 0.5
2000 127 13th lowest of 15 · 195% of median 129 0.5
2001 74 9th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 76 0.5
2002 41 3rd lowest of 15 · 63% of median 42 0.5
2003 12 2nd lowest of 15 · 18% of median 25 0.2
2008 4 1st lowest of 15 · 6% of median 61 0.0
2009 51 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median 365 0.3
2010 157 14th lowest of 15 · 242% of median 304 0.3
2011 47 4th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 92 0.3
2015 78 10th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 153 0.3
2016 80 11th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 55 0.8

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 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 2617 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 28% of the irrigation seasons in 1973-2016 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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