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SNIPES GULCH DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7200878 · 1 · BULL CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:36 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 1896-10-01 — 285th 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: ROGERS DITCH (1910-04-22). Immediately behind: PENNINGTON SUPPLY DITCH (1911-04-01).

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
25795.170761896-10-011920-08-17 0.650.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 149 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2018, came in at 149 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)
1984 108 5th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 92 0.6
1985 182 12th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 111 1.5
1986 165 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 130 0.6
1987 142 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 111 0.6
1988 122 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 96 0.6
1996 323 15th lowest of 15 · 217% of median 166 1.0
1997 227 13th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 167 1.0
1998 245 14th lowest of 15 · 164% of median 191 0.6
2000 26 1st lowest of 15 · 17% of median 21 0.6
2001 44 2nd lowest of 15 · 30% of median 52 0.6
2003 64 3rd lowest of 15 · 43% of median 133 0.3
2008 102 4th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 108 0.7
2011 150 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 151 0.6
2014 169 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 214 0.4
2018 149 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 187 0.6

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 3721 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 37% of the irrigation seasons in 1972-2018 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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