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J M MURRAY DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 7900670 · 1 · MUDDY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:20 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
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 1886-07-01 — 87th 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: MADRID DITCH (1886-05-15). Immediately behind: D K L M & P DITCH (1887-11-02).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13331.0 | 1886-07-01 | 1889-06-12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 88 |
| 13635.0 | 1887-05-01 | 1889-06-12 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 90 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 355 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 157 AF — 44% of that, and 4th 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 | 59 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 17% of median | 84 | 1.0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 25 | 0.0 |
| 2013 | 160 | 5th lowest of 15 · 45% of median | 63 | 2.7 |
| 2014 | 399 | 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 90 | 4.9 |
| 2015 | 945 | 13th lowest of 15 · 266% of median | 94 | 7.9 |
| 2016 | 1,023 | 14th lowest of 15 · 288% of median | 147 | 15.4 |
| 2017 | 844 | 11th lowest of 15 · 238% of median | 146 | 12.7 |
| 2018 | 136 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 38% of median | 174 | 0.7 |
| 2019 | 899 | 12th lowest of 15 · 253% of median | 207 | 9.8 |
| 2020 | 222 | 6th lowest of 15 · 62% of median | 82 | 5.0 |
| 2021 | 355 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 48 | 9.2 |
| 2022 | 581 | 10th lowest of 15 · 164% of median | 120 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1,121 | 15th lowest of 15 · 316% of median | 170 | 10.0 |
| 2024 | 239 | 7th lowest of 15 · 67% of median | 23 | 9.2 |
| 2025 | 157 | 4th lowest of 15 · 44% of median | 47 | 2.0 |
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