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GARCIA DITCH NO 2
Structure dossier · WDID 7900521 · 1 · HUERFANO RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1867-04-25 — 20th most senior of the 930 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: ROBERT RICE DITCH (1867-03-01). Immediately behind: MONTEZ DITCH (1867-04-25).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6324.0 | 1867-04-25 | 1889-06-12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 20 |
| 14004.0 | 1888-05-04 | 1889-06-12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 97 |
| 14408.06324 | 1867-04-25 | 1898-02-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 13 |
| 14408.14004 | 1888-05-04 | 1898-02-23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 127 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 503 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 1,091 AF — 217% of that, and 13th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| Year | Diverted (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 record | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 107 | 1st lowest of 15 · 21% of median | 48 | 6.0 |
| 2012 | 194 | 6th lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 60 | 6.0 |
| 2013 | 177 | 5th lowest of 15 · 35% of median | 49 | 5.4 |
| 2014 | 145 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 29% of median | 49 | 4.6 |
| 2015 | 510 | 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 84 | 5.9 |
| 2016 | 496 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 96 | 6.2 |
| 2017 | 503 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 86 | 6.0 |
| 2018 | 115 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 23% of median | 59 | 6.0 |
| 2019 | 633 | 11th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 90 | 8.1 |
| 2020 | 165 | 4th lowest of 15 · 33% of median | 69 | 5.4 |
| 2021 | 546 | 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 98 | 6.3 |
| 2022 | 1,481 | 15th lowest of 15 · 294% of median | 146 | 6.0 |
| 2023 | 995 | 12th lowest of 15 · 198% of median | 115 | 6.0 |
| 2024 | 1,157 | 14th lowest of 15 · 230% of median | 141 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 1,091 | 13th lowest of 15 · 217% of median | 112 | 5.9 |
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