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MILTON RES
Structure dossier · WDID 0203876 · RESERVOIR · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 03:36 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 HARMONY DITCH 1 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1897-05-02).
● Fully called out — call at SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1897-06-13).
● Fully 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 1909-05-29 — 1061st 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: 0806480 (1909-05-15). Immediately behind: 2305405 (1909-06-30).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21698.0 | 1909-05-29 | 1918-08-02 | 26773.0 | 0.0 | A | IRR | |
| 25050.21698 | 1909-05-29 | 1924-11-12 | 0.0 | 16374.0 | A | IRR | |
| 56247.0 | 2003-12-31 | 2002-12-31 | 0.0 | 5000.0 | A | AUG | |
| 56247.0 | 2003-12-31 | 2002-12-31 | 0.0 | 50.0 | C | AUG | |
| 60630.60396 | 2015-05-11 | 2016-12-31 | 3777.0 | 0.0 | A | STOIRR | |
| 60630.60396 | 2015-05-11 | 2016-12-31 | 50.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRR | |
| 60739.0 | 2016-04-18 | 2016-12-31 | 0.0 | 786.0 | A | STOIRR | |
| 60739.0 | 2016-04-18 | 2016-12-31 | 0.0 | 30.0 | C | STOIRR | |
| 61833.0 | 2019-04-17 | 2019-12-31 | 0.0 | 4000.0 | A | RCH |
Legal record & documents
15 decreed actions on record across
6 court cases:
19CW3075, 19CW3074, 16CW3195, 16CW3052, 03CW0442, CA54658.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
19CW3075 | 2 | 2019-12-31 | S |
19CW3074 | 2 | 2019-12-31 | S |
16CW3195 | 4 | 2016-12-31 | S |
16CW3052 | 2 | 2016-12-31 | S |
03CW0442 | 3 | 2002-12-31 | S |
CA54658 | 2 | 1924-11-12 | S |
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 30,566 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 29,160 AF — 95% of that, and 6th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 552 | 1st lowest of 15 · 2% of median | — | 32 | 10.8 |
| 2012 | 7,525 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 25% of median | 19,154 | 286 | 263.2 |
| 2013 | 43,699 | 13th lowest of 15 · 143% of median | 18,004 | 335 | 254.1 |
| 2014 | 21,221 | 4th lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 13,527 | 349 | 261.9 |
| 2015 | 32,907 | 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 23,707 | 358 | 264.9 |
| 2016 | 29,158 | 5th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 22,608 | 299 | 337.1 |
| 2017 | 38,526 | 11th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 14,361 | 365 | 316.6 |
| 2018 | 33,613 | 10th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 22,925 | 359 | 188.9 |
| 2019 | 30,417 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 16,918 | 349 | 246.5 |
| 2020 | 9,796 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 32% of median | 22,642 | 157 | 207.9 |
| 2021 | 59,263 | 15th lowest of 15 · 194% of median | 3,800 | 305 | 602.1 |
| 2022 | 30,566 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 15,028 | 331 | 273.0 |
| 2023 | 40,374 | 12th lowest of 15 · 132% of median | 14,202 | 365 | 308.7 |
| 2024 | 46,778 | 14th lowest of 15 · 153% of median | 23,089 | 366 | 301.0 |
| 2025 | 29,160 | 6th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 13,819 | 304 | 295.0 |
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 B (7/10 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 | 4950 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 38% of the irrigation seasons in 1965-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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.