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UNITED DIVERSION FACILITY NO 3

Structure dossier · WDID 0201511 · PIPELINE · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:38 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

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

● Fully 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 1885-11-20 — 709th 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: 8000741 (1885-07-15). Immediately behind: GERMAN DITCH (1885-11-30).

Decreed rights (28)

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
13108.01885-11-201893-07-08 0.00.0 CALL
21150.01907-11-281918-08-02 0.00.0 CIRR
21252.01908-03-091918-08-02 0.00.0 CALL
21562.01909-01-131918-08-02 0.00.0 CALL
22239.01910-11-211918-08-02 0.00.0 CSTO
22355.01911-03-171918-08-02 0.00.0 CIRR
55667.02002-05-302002-12-31 0.00.0 CALL
55882.556672002-05-302003-12-31 35.4464.6 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECDOMSTKAUGRCH
56247.02003-12-312002-12-31 0.0100.0 CAUG
56445.02004-07-162004-12-31 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 CMUN
58366.02009-10-192009-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
58422.02009-12-142009-12-31 0.050.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKAUG
58438.02009-12-302009-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
58439.02009-12-312009-12-31 0.00.0 CMUNAUGCUR
58803.02010-12-302010-12-31 0.0250.0 CMUNAUGCUR
59167.02011-12-292011-12-31 0.00.0 AMUNAUGCUR
59167.02011-12-292011-12-31 46.04203.96 CMUNAUGCUR
59710.02013-06-242013-12-31 0.0100.0 CCOMINDFIRAUG
60264.02014-12-302014-12-31 0.0350.0 CMUNAUGRCH
60750.02016-04-292016-12-31 0.00.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDDOMSTKAUG
60980.02016-12-152016-12-31 0.095.0 CMUNAUGCURRCH
61330.02017-11-302016-12-31 0.0200.0 CMUNAUGRCH
61695.02018-11-302018-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
61726.60742016-04-192019-12-31 0.0100.0 CSTOIRRMUNCOMINDDOMAUGCURRCH
61938.02019-07-312019-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,435 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 532 AF — 37% of that, and 4th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

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 recordDays recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 1,067 5th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 47 28.4
2012 1,282 6th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 57 26.2
2013 6,943 14th lowest of 15 · 484% of median 344 54.4
2014 2,866 11th lowest of 15 · 200% of median 334 15.1
2015 2,849 10th lowest of 15 · 198% of median 362 11.9
2016 1,435 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 351 10.0
2017 6,133 13th lowest of 15 · 427% of median 272 49.2
2018 1,319 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 149 5.1
2019 30 2nd lowest of 15 · 2% of median 5 5.1
2020 285 3rd lowest of 15 · 20% of median 52 8.0
2021 2,394 9th lowest of 15 · 167% of median 122 20.0
2022 7,840 15th lowest of 15 · 546% of median 365 39.4
2023 3,473 12th lowest of 15 · 242% of median 304 49.7
2024 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 61 0.0
2025 532 4th lowest of 15 · 37% of median 304 22.8

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 28 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 3309 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity continuous 87% of the irrigation seasons in 2008-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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