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ST VRAIN PALMERTON DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 0500528 · 1 · SAINT VRAIN CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-28 00:08 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — 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.
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 1861-03-08 — 18th most senior of the 1289 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: ROUGH READY DITCH (1861-03-08). Immediately behind: SWEDE DITCH (1861-03-08).
Decreed rights (37)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4085.0 | 1861-03-08 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 4462.0 | 1862-03-20 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 4488.0 | 1862-04-15 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 4518.0 | 1862-05-15 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 4657.0 | 1862-10-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 4853.0 | 1863-04-15 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMAUGPWR | |
| 4883.0 | 1863-05-15 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 5295.0 | 1864-06-30 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 5600.0 | 1865-05-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 5630.0 | 1865-05-31 | 1882-06-02 | 30.3991 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | |
| 5631.0 | 1865-06-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 5995.0 | 1866-05-31 | 1882-06-02 | 47.2638 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | |
| 5996.0 | 1866-06-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 6339.0 | 1867-05-10 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 6339.0 | 1867-05-10 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN | |
| 6756.0 | 1868-06-30 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 7012.0 | 1869-03-13 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 7092.0 | 1869-06-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 7640.0 | 1870-12-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 7791.0 | 1871-05-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 7822.0 | 1871-06-01 | 1883-02-21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL | |
| 8034.0 | 1871-12-30 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 8461.0 | 1873-03-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 8464.0 | 1873-03-04 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRMUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 8553.0 | 1873-06-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUGPWRWLDALL | |
| 8947.0 | 1874-06-30 | 1882-06-02 | 83.5382 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | |
| 9953.0 | 1877-04-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 14428.0 | 1889-07-02 | 1890-03-22 | 47.0 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 14700.0 | 1890-03-31 | 1907-03-13 | 28.8 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 15659.0 | 1892-11-14 | 1907-03-13 | 28.8 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 19271.0 | 1902-10-06 | 1907-03-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL | |
| 19273.0 | 1902-10-08 | 1907-03-13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNALL | |
| 20890.19756 | 1904-02-03 | 1926-06-01 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | ALL | |
| 21623.0 | 1909-03-15 | 1926-06-01 | 40.0 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 22584.0 | 1911-11-01 | 1926-06-01 | 60.0 | 0.0 | C | STO | |
| 29219.0 | 1929-12-31 | 1951-07-23 | 60.0 | 0.0 | C | STOMUNALL | |
| 49974.0 | 1986-10-28 | 1986-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOMUN |
Legal record & documents
74 decreed actions on record across
35 court cases:
86CW0395, 83CW0374, CA11715, 87CW0253, CA6673, 87CW0231, CA4790, 87CW0222, CA2409, CA8831 and 25 more below.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
86CW0395 | 2 | 1986-12-31 | S |
83CW0374 | 1 | 1983-12-31 | S |
CA11715 | 2 | 1951-07-23 | S |
87CW0253 | 2 | 1951-07-23 | S |
CA6673 | 1 | 1926-06-01 | S |
87CW0231 | 2 | 1926-06-01 | O, S |
CA4790 | 2 | 1907-03-13 | S |
87CW0222 | 1 | 1907-03-13 | S |
CA2409 | 1 | 1890-03-22 | S |
CA8831 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
CA1394 | 3 | 1882-06-02 | O |
90CW0166 | 3 | 1882-06-02 | O |
90CW0157 | 3 | 1882-06-02 | O |
89CW0138 | 6 | 1882-06-02 | O |
87CW0221 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
87CW0220 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
87CW0219 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
87CW0218 | 2 | 1882-06-02 | O |
87CW0216 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
87CW0215 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
87CW0214 | 2 | 1882-06-02 | O |
87CW0213 | 2 | 1882-06-02 | O |
87CW0212 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
87CW0199 | 9 | 1882-06-02 | O |
87CW0133 | 3 | 1882-06-02 | O |
81CW0362 | 2 | 1882-06-02 | O |
81CW0361 | 2 | 1882-06-02 | O |
81CW0357 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
81CW0356 | 2 | 1882-06-02 | O |
81CW0355 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
07CW0330 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
01CW0188 | 4 | 1882-06-02 | O |
00CW0241 | 2 | 1882-06-02 | O |
00CW0240 | 2 | 1882-06-02 | O |
00CW0239 | 3 | 1882-06-02 | 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 4,864 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 4,465 AF — 92% of that, and 5th 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 | 5,020 | 13th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 247 | 165 | 30.9 |
| 2011 | 5,502 | 14th lowest of 15 · 113% of median | — | 198 | 30.8 |
| 2012 | 5,989 | 15th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | — | 201 | 50.0 |
| 2013 | 4,867 | 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 127 | 33.5 |
| 2014 | 4,583 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | — | 140 | 31.5 |
| 2015 | 3,437 | 1st lowest of 15 · 71% of median | — | 147 | 27.9 |
| 2016 | 4,864 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 155 | 28.5 |
| 2017 | 4,919 | 12th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | — | 204 | 27.0 |
| 2018 | 4,006 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 82% of median | — | 119 | 30.0 |
| 2019 | 4,315 | 4th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | — | 152 | 32.2 |
| 2020 | 4,900 | 11th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | — | 149 | 25.9 |
| 2021 | 4,605 | 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | — | 151 | 26.2 |
| 2022 | 4,887 | 10th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | — | 175 | 28.3 |
| 2023 | 4,077 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 84% of median | — | 162 | 29.6 |
| 2024 | 4,465 | 5th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | — | 184 | 27.0 |
Call-derived yield: senior right divertible 100.0% of a median season / 84.1% 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 | 37 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 12175 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 76% of the irrigation seasons in 1950-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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