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NORTH STERLING CANAL
Structure dossier · WDID 0100687 · 1 · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:23 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 1908-06-15 — 470th most senior of the 7705 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: MANTEY RES 7 (1908-06-12). Immediately behind: GLEASON DITCH (1908-06-20).
Decreed rights (7)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21350.0 | 1908-06-15 | 1914-01-15 | 300.0 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 26302.23522 | 1914-05-27 | 1936-01-13 | 460.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 26302.23953 | 1915-08-01 | 1936-01-13 | 411.0 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 53454.0 | 1996-05-08 | 1996-12-31 | 7800.0 | 0.0 | A | AUGRCH | |
| 53454.0 | 1996-05-08 | 1996-12-31 | 294.0 | 306.0 | C | AUGRCH | |
| 55882.0 | 2002-12-31 | 1996-12-31 | 0.0 | 24000.0 | A | AUGRCH | |
| 55882.0 | 2002-12-31 | 1996-12-31 | 510.0 | 90.0 | C | AUGRCH |
Legal record & documents
8 decreed actions on record across
4 court cases:
96CW1034, 12CW0186, CA8492, CA2142.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
96CW1034 | 4 | 1996-12-31 | O, S |
12CW0186 | 1 | 1996-12-31 | S |
CA8492 | 1 | 1936-01-13 | S |
CA2142 | 2 | 1936-01-13 | S |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 136,544 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 130,848 AF — 96% of that, and 6th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| 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 | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 154,968 | 11th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | — | 292 | 625.0 |
| 2011 | 152,132 | 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median | — | 273 | 915.0 |
| 2012 | 80,486 | 1st lowest of 15 · 59% of median | — | 133 | 772.0 |
| 2013 | 136,544 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 210 | 737.8 |
| 2014 | 163,927 | 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | — | 264 | 510.0 |
| 2015 | 98,896 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 72% of median | — | 208 | 501.0 |
| 2016 | 121,319 | 5th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | — | 251 | 550.0 |
| 2017 | 168,296 | 14th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | — | 286 | 805.5 |
| 2018 | 140,026 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | — | 269 | 597.3 |
| 2019 | 132,960 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | — | 259 | 506.0 |
| 2020 | 103,044 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 76% of median | — | 233 | 524.8 |
| 2021 | 106,745 | 4th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | — | 186 | 523.0 |
| 2022 | 164,194 | 13th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | — | 242 | 704.0 |
| 2023 | 262,084 | 15th lowest of 15 · 192% of median | — | 363 | 832.6 |
| 2024 | 130,848 | 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median | — | 227 | 816.2 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade B (8/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 7 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 8725 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | patchy | 56% of the irrigation seasons in 1952-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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