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PINO DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 7901106 · 1 · HUERFANO RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:34 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1862-05-30 — 90th 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: 7903540 (1889-06-11). Immediately behind: WILLIAMS CREEK DITCH (1867-06-02).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14408.04533 | 1862-05-30 | 1898-02-23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 4 |
| 14408.05629 | 1865-05-30 | 1898-02-23 | 1.6 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 9 |
| 18915.18792 | 1901-06-14 | 1921-10-03 | 1.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 301 |
Recorded use (last 7 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 351 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2009, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 7 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 351 | 4th lowest of 7 · 100% of median | 62 | 3.0 |
| 1915 | 389 | 5th lowest of 7 · 111% of median | 65 | 4.0 |
| 1924 | 426 | 6th lowest of 7 · 121% of median | 109 | 3.1 |
| 1948 | 31 | 2nd lowest of 7 · 9% of median | 32 | 0.5 |
| 1949 | 31 | 2nd lowest of 7 · 9% of median | 32 | 0.5 |
| 1960 | 472 | 7th lowest of 7 · 134% of median | 121 | 2.0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1st lowest of 7 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
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