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W G RAYMOND DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7200844 · 1 · EAST BRANCH REED WASH · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:06 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 1963-02-11 — 917th 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: VIRGINIA MESA RESERVOIR (1957-07-18). Immediately behind: LIME KILN DRAW SPRING (1963-12-31).

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
43829.413141963-02-111970-12-31 2.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 129 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2015, came in at 129 AF — 100% of that, and 8th 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 8 1st lowest of 15 · 6% of median 10 0.6
1999 64 4th lowest of 15 · 50% of median 58 0.6
2000 161 9th lowest of 15 · 125% of median 170 0.5
2001 104 7th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 175 0.4
2002 201 11th lowest of 15 · 156% of median 69 2.0
2003 746 14th lowest of 15 · 578% of median 194 2.0
2004 96 6th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 165 0.3
2005 170 10th lowest of 15 · 132% of median 177 0.5
2006 95 5th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 163 0.6
2007 56 3rd lowest of 15 · 43% of median 112 0.3
2008 53 2nd lowest of 15 · 41% of median 88 0.5
2011 778 15th lowest of 15 · 603% of median 197 2.0
2012 524 12th lowest of 15 · 406% of median 99 3.0
2014 588 13th lowest of 15 · 456% of median 124 3.0
2015 129 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 26 3.1

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 1937 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity patchy 49% of the irrigation seasons in 1997-2015 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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