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BARRETT DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7200989 · 1 · LIMEKILN GULCH · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:10 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 1976-04-01 — 1268th 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: SCHORN RESERVOIR NO 03 (1975-12-31). Immediately behind: SHRINNY WELL NO 1 (1976-06-01).

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
47116.461121976-04-011979-12-31 0.180.0 CIRRSTK

Recorded use (last 12 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 53 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2008, came in at 53 AF — 100% of that, and 6th lowest of the 12 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)
1997 20 1st lowest of 12 · 38% of median 116 0.2
1998 33 3rd lowest of 12 · 62% of median 157 0.2
1999 30 2nd lowest of 12 · 57% of median 161 0.2
2000 57 9th lowest of 12 · 108% of median 214 0.2
2001 39 4th lowest of 12 · 74% of median 196 0.2
2002 58 10th lowest of 12 · 109% of median 164 0.2
2003 53 6th lowest of 12 · 100% of median 189 0.2
2004 51 5th lowest of 12 · 96% of median 193 0.2
2005 53 6th lowest of 12 · 100% of median 195 0.2
2006 61 11th lowest of 12 · 115% of median 185 0.2
2007 64 12th lowest of 12 · 121% of median 206 0.2
2008 53 6th lowest of 12 · 100% of median 187 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade A (9/10 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 2163 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 87% of the irrigation seasons in 1997-2008 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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