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MEADOW ISLAND 1 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 0200821 · DITCH · SOUTH PLATTE 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 (e70d0b5) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Current administration

● In priority — no active call senior to this structure's rights affects its district (23 active call(s) checked).

Where it sits in line

Priority 1866-05-01 — 137th 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: FARMERS INDEPENDENT DITCH (1865-11-20). Immediately behind: 2304004 (1866-05-01).

Decreed rights (8)

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
5965.01866-05-011883-04-28 26.230.0 CIRRMUNAUGRCH
11807.01882-04-291883-04-28 38.00.0 CIRRMUNAUGRCH
51864.518641991-12-311992-12-31 0.050.0 CSTORCH
56602.02004-12-202004-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNALL
56977.02005-12-302005-12-31 0.00.0 CAUGCURRCH
57194.02006-08-042006-12-31 0.050.0 CMUN
58438.02009-12-302009-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
59889.02013-12-202013-12-31 0.05.0 CAUGRCH

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 5,478 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 6,248 AF — 114% of that, and 13th 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 470 1st lowest of 15 · 9% of median — 226 6.8
2012 6,684 15th lowest of 15 · 122% of median — 222 27.4
2013 5,470 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 158 30.1
2014 4,850 5th lowest of 15 · 88% of median — 212 24.4
2015 5,700 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median — 184 24.2
2016 4,819 4th lowest of 15 · 88% of median — 180 23.3
2017 6,174 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median — 160 154.0
2018 5,364 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median — 182 23.2
2019 1,606 2nd lowest of 15 · 29% of median — 29 40.0
2020 6,305 14th lowest of 15 · 115% of median — 175 22.3
2021 5,572 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median — 196 22.3
2022 5,478 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 191 25.0
2023 4,427 3rd lowest of 15 · 81% of median — 238 27.1
2024 6,225 12th lowest of 15 · 114% of median — 366 25.8
2025 6,248 13th lowest of 15 · 114% of median — 304 24.7

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.