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JOHN SMITH DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 7800569 · 1 · YELLOWJACKET CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:12 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (f6d7fdc) — 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 1882-12-31 — 53rd most senior of the 366 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: H E FREEMAN NO 1 DITCH (1879-04-15). Immediately behind: J B MARTINEZ DITCH (1883-06-14).

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
12053.01882-12-311902-01-20 0.250.0 CIRR #9
18262.01899-12-311902-01-20 0.250.0 CIRR #114

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 12 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2009, came in at 12 AF — 100% 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)
1995 187 12th lowest of 15 · 1558% of median 172 1.4
1996 12 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 95 0.2
1997 173 10th lowest of 15 · 1442% of median 150 0.9
1998 181 11th lowest of 15 · 1508% of median 160 0.8
1999 228 15th lowest of 15 · 1900% of median 159 1.2
2000 215 14th lowest of 15 · 1792% of median 186 0.8
2001 195 13th lowest of 15 · 1625% of median 177 0.9
2002 10 6th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 38 0.2
2003 70 9th lowest of 15 · 583% of median 83 0.6
2004 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 24 0.0
2005 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 22 0.0
2006 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 23 0.0
2007 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 12 0.0
2008 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2009 12 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 39 0.5

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