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SAND CREEK PARK PONDS A B & C

Structure dossier · WDID 0203085 · RESERVOIR SYSTEM · TOLL GATE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:13 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).

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 2013-12-16 — 20123rd 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: TRIPLE CREEK PARK PONDS AUG IMPACT REACH (2013-12-16). Immediately behind: TRIPLE CREEK PARK PONDS (2013-12-16).

Decreed rights (2)

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
59885.02013-12-162013-12-31 0.038.0 ARECFISFIRWLD
59885.02013-12-162013-12-31 0.00.88 CRECFISFIRWLD

Recorded use (last 11 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 191 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 148 AF — 78% of that, and 4th lowest of the 11 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)
2014 13 1st lowest of 11 · 7% of median — 61 0.2
2015 40 2nd lowest of 11 · 21% of median — 166 0.2
2016 191 6th lowest of 11 · 100% of median 94 358 0.4
2017 204 7th lowest of 11 · 107% of median 144 365 0.5
2018 318 11th lowest of 11 · 166% of median 214 365 4.7
2019 187 5th lowest of 11 · 98% of median 128 339 0.5
2020 227 8th lowest of 11 · 119% of median 134 366 0.6
2021 313 10th lowest of 11 · 164% of median 104 349 0.9
2022 120 3rd lowest of 11 · 63% of median 74 332 0.6
2023 269 9th lowest of 11 · 141% of median 126 365 2.4
2024 148 4th lowest of 11 · 78% of median 94 305 0.5

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