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BURLINGTON D RIVER HEADGATE

Structure dossier · WDID 0200802 · DITCH · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:44 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (0576005) — 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.

Current administration

● Junior rights called out — call at LOWER LATHAM DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1877-11-14).

● Junior rights called out — call at WESTERN MUTUAL DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1871-08-09).

● Junior rights called out — call at HARMONY DITCH 1 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1897-05-02).

● Junior rights called out — call at SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1897-06-13).

● Junior rights called out — call at LOWER PLATTE BEAVER D (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1888-04-14).

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 1861-06-29 — 36th most senior of the 21881 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: 0200709 (1861-06-29). Immediately behind: 0208828 (1861-06-29).

Decreed rights (52)

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
4198.01861-06-291884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR
4323.01861-11-011884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR
4536.01862-06-021918-08-14 3.00.0 CIRR
4822.01863-03-151883-04-28 0.00.0 AMUNAUG
4822.01863-03-151883-04-28 0.00.0 CMUNAUG
5057.01863-11-051884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR
5205.01864-04-011883-04-28 27.40.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGCUR
6273.01867-03-051884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR
8861.01874-04-051884-10-04 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR
13108.01885-11-201893-07-08 200.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGCUR
21150.01907-11-281918-08-02 300.00.0 CIRR
21252.01908-03-091918-08-02 565.20.0 CIRRMUNAUGRCHALL
21562.01909-01-131918-08-02 934.80.0 CSTOIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUG
21698.01909-05-291918-08-02 200.00.0 CSTO
22239.01910-11-211918-08-02 500.00.0 CSTO
22355.01911-03-171918-08-02 400.00.0 CSTO
25050.248641918-01-281924-11-12 150.00.0 CSTO
25353.01919-06-011924-11-12 20.250.0 CSTO
26088.01921-06-051924-11-12 20.250.0 CSTO
26463.01922-06-151924-11-12 150.00.0 CSTO
26498.01922-07-201924-11-12 450.00.0 CSTO
47481.01979-12-311979-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNOTH
48974.01984-02-011984-12-31 10000.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECDOMAUGRCH
48974.01984-02-011984-12-31 648.9251.1 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECDOMAUGRCH
49673.492711984-11-241986-12-31 20.00.0 CSTO
50403.474811979-12-311988-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNOTH
51864.506871988-10-101992-12-31 80.035.0 CSTOMUNALL
52595.20921907-04-121994-12-31 60.00.0 CSTO
53557.01996-08-191991-12-31 0.0400.0 CSTO
55514.02001-12-282001-12-31 0.05000.0 AMUN
55514.02001-12-282001-12-31 0.070.0 CMUN
55667.02002-05-302002-12-31 0.00.0 CALL
55882.556672002-05-302003-12-31 462.5437.5 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECDOMSTKAUGRCH
56025.02003-05-231996-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNALL
56611.02004-12-292004-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
57494.02007-05-312007-12-31 0.00.0 AAUGRCH
57494.02007-05-312007-12-31 0.00.0 CAUGRCH
58132.02009-02-272009-12-31 0.00.0 AMUN
58132.02009-02-272009-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
58317.02009-08-312009-12-31 0.00.0 AMUN
58317.02009-08-312009-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
58366.02009-10-192009-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
58437.02009-12-292009-12-31 0.050.0 CMUN
58439.02009-12-312009-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNAUGCUR
59068.02011-09-212011-12-31 24.5225.5 CMUNAUGCUR
59167.02011-12-292011-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNCUR
60264.02014-12-302014-12-31 0.0900.0 CMUNAUGRCH
60750.02016-04-292016-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDDOMSTKAUG
60980.02016-12-152016-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNAUGCURRCH
61330.02017-11-302016-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNAUGRCH
61695.02018-11-302018-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
61726.60742016-04-192019-12-31 0.0250.0 CSTOIRRMUNCOMINDDOMAUGCURRCH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 94,869 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 112,377 AF — 118% of that, and 11th 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.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 3,105 1st lowest of 15 · 3% of median — 20 90.2
2012 61,960 6th lowest of 15 · 65% of median — 277 466.1
2013 20,120 3rd lowest of 15 · 21% of median — 311 195.9
2014 18,833 2nd lowest of 15 · 20% of median — 274 130.4
2015 72,589 7th lowest of 15 · 76% of median — 328 472.6
2016 94,869 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 366 652.5
2017 38,835 4th lowest of 15 · 41% of median — 338 535.5
2018 46,654 5th lowest of 15 · 49% of median — 356 230.0
2019 162,066 14th lowest of 15 · 171% of median — 344 1183.0
2020 103,506 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median — 366 539.6
2021 145,594 13th lowest of 15 · 154% of median — 364 933.2
2022 103,828 10th lowest of 15 · 109% of median — 365 493.3
2023 135,330 12th lowest of 15 · 143% of median — 365 1293.1
2024 166,730 15th lowest of 15 · 176% of median — 366 1166.2
2025 112,377 11th lowest of 15 · 118% of median — 304 776.9

Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 72.5% of a median season / 38.3% dry-year.

How good is our record of it?

Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 52 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 22139 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 100% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2026 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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