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MEADOW ISLAND 2 DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 0200822 · DITCH · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:28 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 1866-05-03 — 139th 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: 2304004 (1866-05-01). Immediately behind: WESTERN MUTUAL DITCH (1866-05-05).
Decreed rights (9)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5967.0 | 1866-05-03 | 1883-04-28 | 57.83 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDAUGRCH | |
| 9597.0 | 1876-04-10 | 1883-04-28 | 8.33 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDAUGRCH | |
| 10215.0 | 1877-12-19 | 1883-04-28 | 127.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDAUGRCH | |
| 50038.49917 | 1986-09-01 | 1987-12-31 | 6.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRFISWLD | |
| 55517.5505 | 2000-09-20 | 2002-12-31 | 0.0 | 90.0 | C | STOIRRRECFISSTKAUGRCHWLD | |
| 58992.0 | 2011-07-07 | 2011-12-31 | 759.3 | 405.7 | A | RCH | |
| 58992.0 | 2011-07-07 | 2011-12-31 | 6.3 | 0.0 | C | RCH | |
| 59287.0 | 2012-04-27 | 2011-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | RCH | |
| 59889.0 | 2013-12-20 | 2013-12-31 | 0.0 | 5.0 | C | AUGRCH |
Legal record & documents
41 decreed actions on record across
9 court cases:
13CW3153, 21CW3078, 11CW0122, 02CW0182, 87CW0306, CA6009, CA37275, 09CW0091, 02CW0154A.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
13CW3153 | 2 | 2013-12-31 | S |
21CW3078 | 1 | 2011-12-31 | S |
11CW0122 | 16 | 2011-12-31 | O, S |
02CW0182 | 2 | 2002-12-31 | S |
87CW0306 | 1 | 1987-12-31 | S |
CA6009 | 3 | 1883-04-28 | O |
CA37275 | 4 | 1883-04-28 | O |
09CW0091 | 6 | 1883-04-28 | O |
02CW0154A | 6 | 1883-04-28 | O |
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 7,002 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 6,299 AF — 90% of that, and 3rd 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 | 14,708 | 15th lowest of 15 · 210% of median | — | 210 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 8,578 | 14th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | — | 230 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 7,660 | 12th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | — | 159 | 46.3 |
| 2014 | 6,485 | 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | — | 213 | 30.2 |
| 2015 | 5,246 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 75% of median | — | 194 | 29.6 |
| 2016 | 6,572 | 7th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | — | 192 | 34.8 |
| 2017 | 7,620 | 11th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | — | 199 | 37.8 |
| 2018 | 7,731 | 13th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | — | 185 | 37.3 |
| 2019 | 6,355 | 4th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | — | 143 | 39.8 |
| 2020 | 7,002 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 166 | 33.4 |
| 2021 | 6,569 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | — | 193 | 39.1 |
| 2022 | 7,389 | 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | — | 276 | 28.1 |
| 2023 | 5,185 | 1st lowest of 15 · 74% of median | — | 304 | 30.1 |
| 2024 | 7,220 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | — | 224 | 32.5 |
| 2025 | 6,299 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 90% of median | — | 235 | 25.8 |
Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 43.5% of a median season / 25.2% dry-year.
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 A (9/10 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 | 9 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 13892 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 85% 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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