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FRANKLIN DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 7201083 · 1 · BUZZARD CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:07 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 1961-10-01 — 820th 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: CURRIER RESERVOIR NO 2 (1961-09-15). Immediately behind: ROVER B #6 RESERVOIR (1961-12-31).

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
40816.01961-10-011972-04-13 1.00.0 CIRRSTK 1029

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 69 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 67 AF — 97% of that, and 7th 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)
2009 83 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 43 1.0
2010 71 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 45 1.0
2011 101 12th lowest of 15 · 146% of median 60 1.0
2012 38 1st lowest of 15 · 55% of median 32 0.8
2013 51 4th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 34 1.0
2014 69 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 39 1.0
2015 113 13th lowest of 15 · 164% of median 58 1.0
2016 113 13th lowest of 15 · 164% of median 58 1.0
2017 125 15th lowest of 15 · 181% of median 64 1.0
2018 42 2nd lowest of 15 · 61% of median 24 1.0
2019 61 5th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 34 1.0
2020 71 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median 37 1.0
2021 50 3rd lowest of 15 · 72% of median 26 1.0
2023 63 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 33 1.0
2024 67 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 35 1.0

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 1222 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 15% of the irrigation seasons in 1986-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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