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NORMAN F HILL DITCH A

Structure dossier · WDID 7200694 · 1 · SALT CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:19 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 1914-08-24 — 394th 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: ELIZABETH TURNER DITCH (1914-08-23). Immediately behind: B F TAYLOR DITCH (1914-08-29).

Decreed rights (2)

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
30895.236111914-08-241941-07-25 0.470.0 CIRR
51790.01991-10-181991-12-31 1.50.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 321 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 161 AF — 50% of that, and 2nd 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)
2005 442 12th lowest of 15 · 138% of median 154 2.2
2006 203 5th lowest of 15 · 63% of median 120 1.8
2007 321 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 82 2.0
2008 532 15th lowest of 15 · 166% of median 135 2.0
2009 348 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 112 2.0
2010 476 14th lowest of 15 · 148% of median 121 2.0
2012 280 7th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 130 2.0
2014 334 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 93 2.0
2015 426 11th lowest of 15 · 133% of median 129 2.0
2016 187 4th lowest of 15 · 58% of median 100 2.0
2017 468 13th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 145 2.0
2018 240 6th lowest of 15 · 75% of median 164 2.2
2019 183 3rd lowest of 15 · 57% of median 101 2.0
2020 123 1st lowest of 15 · 38% of median 102 2.0
2021 161 2nd lowest of 15 · 50% of median 129 1.0

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