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Structure dossier · WDID 0502413 · OTHER · SAINT VRAIN CREEK · DWR record
St Vrain Creek is a water structure on Saint Vrain Creek in Colorado. This page is its public record: the water it has a right to, whether it may take it today, and its history, compiled from the Colorado Division of Water Resources.
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Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-10-14 18:44 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260928 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (dd58e60) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
The record and the river
Where this structure is measured
| Gage | Flowing now | Record | How we know |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST VRAIN PALMERTON DITCH 0500528A | — | — | co-located, 37 m |
A green link is DWR's own: either its telemetry inventory maps this WDID to that station, or the station is named for this WDID (0700553 → 0700553A). An amber one is ours — the station sits within 250 m and shares a distinctive word with this structure's name, which is a strong hint rather than a DWR statement that this gage meters this structure. Wrong? Tell us.
In short
ST VRAIN CREEK holds 4 decreed rights on SAINT VRAIN CREEK. A call at SOUTH FLAT DITCH on SAINT VRAIN CREEK (1864-01-01), and 1 other currently reaches it: fully called out. 7 further calls state no district and sit outside this one, so they are counted here rather than assumed either way. That is today's position; the weeks ahead cannot be projected for it: this structure is not on the modelled flow network, so no reference gage can honestly stand in for it. It was a party to 8 court cases that also touched 37 other structures.
Assembled from the figures on this page — every number above is checked against them before it is shown (6 checked). The detail, with its method, is in the cards below.
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Or one table at a time: rights.csv · annual_use.csv · curtailment_now.csv · court_cases.csv · co_parties.csv · call_climatology.csv
What is in the bundle
rights.csv— every decreed right, most senior first, with admin numbers, dates, amounts, uses and case numbers.annual_use.csv— recorded diversion by year, with releases accounted separately.curtailment_now.csv— each right's current priority status and how often it was out across analog years.court_cases.csv— the cases attached to its rights.co_parties.csv— the other structures that were parties to those cases. Not available anywhere else.call_climatology.csv— how often each right has been out of priority by week of season, with confidence intervals and the seasons the record could actually judge.README.txt— provenance, methods, limits, disclaimer, and links back to DWR's own records for verification.
Where it sits
Location as DWR records it (other). Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.
Current administration
● Fully called out — call at SOUTH FLAT DITCH (SAINT VRAIN CREEK, priority 1864-01-01).
● Fully called out — call at CLOUGH/TRUE DITCH (SAINT VRAIN CREEK, priority 1862-04-14).
Which of its rights are out of priority?
The outlook for the weeks ahead is not computable for this structure: this structure is not on the modelled flow network, so no reference gage can honestly stand in for it. Today’s position is a separate question, and it is answered in Current administration above — that screen reads the district’s active calls and needs no reference gage.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1865-05-01 — 75th most senior of the 1290 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: ISLAND DITCH (1864-06-15). Immediately behind: DOUBLE JK RANCH POND 1 (1865-05-01).
Decreed rights (4)
| 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. | Alt-pointAn absolute amount decreed at another structure that may be diverted here instead -- an alternate point of diversion or an exchange. DWR calls this the APEX amount; a right showing 0.0 absolute but an alt-point amount is exercised here under another structure's decree. | Decreed forWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5600.00000 | 1865-05-01 | 1882-06-02 | 0.144 cfs | 0.0 | — | Irrigation, Municipal +7 | 85CW0229, 86CW0390 +1 |
| 5630.00000 | 1865-05-31 | 1882-06-02 | 0.1821 cfs | 0.0 | 0.07 cfs | Irrigation, Municipal +7 | 89CW0138, 90CW0157 +2 |
| 5995.00000 | 1866-05-31 | 1882-06-02 | 0.2706 cfs | 0.0 | 0.1 cfs | Irrigation, Municipal +6 | 89CW0138, 87CW0133 +2 |
| 8947.00000 | 1874-06-30 | 1882-06-02 | 0.4206 cfs | 0.0 | 0.18 cfs | Irrigation, Municipal +7 | 87CW0133, 90CW0166 +2 |
Amounts marked cfs are flow rates; AF are stored volumes (storage rights are decreed in acre-feet). An absolute amount of 0.0 beside an alt-point amount is not a dead right: the water is decreed at another structure, and that row records permission to divert it here instead (an alternate point or exchange). A case listing several numbers reflects the original decree plus later change cases.
How much of this decree was in priority, by day
A right is in priority on a day when it is senior to every call administering this structure. Of its 1.017 cfs decreed rate, the average day over the last 6 year(s) had 0.787 cfs in priority (77% of the decree). No call in effect is a free river — that was 9.4% of days.
On 618 days some rights were in priority and others were not — seniority splits a decree rather than switching it off. Calls are set and released at a time of day, not at midnight, so a day is counted by the hour: a call setting at 4pm costs that day a third of its rate, not all of it. A call began or ended mid-day on 28 of these days.
This is paper water. It is the decreed rate that was in priority — not water that was physically in the stream, and not water this structure diverted. A ditch can be in priority for 50 cfs on a day the creek carries five. What that distinction means →
| Year | Mean in priority (Apr–Sep) | Share of decree | Free-river days | Days fully out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.45 cfs | 45% | 1 | 74 |
| 2025 | 0.64 cfs | 63% | 39 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0.77 cfs | 76% | 39 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.81 cfs | 79% | 60 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.74 cfs | 72% | 31 | 23 |
| 2021 | 0.79 cfs | 78% | 1 | 17 |
Show the last 120 days, day by day
| Date | In priority | Controlling call |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-13 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-12 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-11 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-10 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-09 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-08 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-07 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-06 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-05 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-04 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-03 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-02 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-10-01 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-30 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-29 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-28 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-27 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-26 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-25 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-24 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-23 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-22 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-21 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-20 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-19 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-18 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-17 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-16 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-15 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-14 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-13 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-12 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-11 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-10 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-09 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-08 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-07 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-06 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-05 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-04 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-03 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-02 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-09-01 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-31 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-30 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-29 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-28 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-27 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-26 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-25 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-24 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-23 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-22 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-21 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-20 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-19 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-18 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-17 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-16 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-15 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-14 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-13 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-12 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-11 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-10 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-09 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-08 | 0.0 cfs (0%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-07 | 0.199 cfs (20%) | ZWECK TURNER DITCH, 1864-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-06 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SECTION NO 3 DITCH, 1873-09-26 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-08-05 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SECTION NO 3 DITCH, 1873-09-26 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-08-04 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SECTION NO 3 DITCH, 1873-09-26 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-08-03 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SECTION NO 3 DITCH, 1873-09-26 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-08-02 | 0.507 cfs (50%) | NIWOT DITCH, 1865-06-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-08-01 | 0.326 cfs (32%) | NIWOT DITCH, 1865-06-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-31 | 0.326 cfs (32%) | NIWOT DITCH, 1865-06-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-30 | 0.416 cfs (41%) | NIWOT DITCH, 1865-06-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-29 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SECTION NO 3 DITCH, 1873-09-26 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-07-28 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SECTION NO 3 DITCH, 1873-09-26 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-07-27 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SECTION NO 3 DITCH, 1873-09-26 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-07-26 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SECTION NO 3 DITCH, 1873-09-26 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-07-25 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SECTION NO 3 DITCH, 1873-09-26 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-07-24 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SECTION NO 3 DITCH, 1873-09-26 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-07-23 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SECTION NO 3 DITCH, 1873-09-26 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-07-22 | 0.446 cfs (44%) | LONGMONT SUPPLY DITCH, 1865-05-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-21 | 0.144 cfs (14%) | LONGMONT SUPPLY DITCH, 1865-05-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-20 | 0.295 cfs (29%) | LONGMONT SUPPLY DITCH, 1865-05-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-19 | 0.507 cfs (50%) | NIWOT DITCH, 1865-06-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-18 | 0.326 cfs (32%) | NIWOT DITCH, 1865-06-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-17 | 0.326 cfs (32%) | NIWOT DITCH, 1865-06-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-16 | 0.326 cfs (32%) | NIWOT DITCH, 1865-06-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-15 | 0.416 cfs (41%) | NIWOT DITCH, 1865-06-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-14 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | OLIGARCHY DITCH, 1866-06-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-13 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | JAMES DITCH, 1868-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-12 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | JAMES DITCH, 1868-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-11 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | JAMES DITCH, 1868-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-10 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | JAMES DITCH, 1868-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-09 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | JAMES DITCH, 1868-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-08 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | JAMES DITCH, 1868-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-07 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | JAMES DITCH, 1868-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-06 | 0.737 cfs (72%) | JAMES DITCH, 1868-06-30 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-05 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | LOWER LATHAM DITCH, 1877-11-14 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-07-04 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | LOWER LATHAM DITCH, 1877-11-14 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-07-03 | 0.877 cfs (86%) | SWEDE DITCH, 1871-05-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-02 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SWEDE DITCH, 1871-05-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-07-01 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SWEDE DITCH, 1871-05-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-06-30 | 0.597 cfs (59%) | SWEDE DITCH, 1871-05-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-06-29 | 0.807 cfs (79%) | SWEDE DITCH, 1871-05-01 · Saint Vrain Creek · same source, at or above the calling point |
| 2026-06-28 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | HARMONY DITCH 1, 1897-05-03 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-06-27 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | HARMONY DITCH 1, 1897-05-03 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-06-26 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | LOWER LATHAM DITCH, 1877-11-14 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-06-25 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | LOWER LATHAM DITCH, 1877-11-14 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-06-24 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | LOWER LATHAM DITCH, 1877-11-14 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-06-23 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | LOWER LATHAM DITCH, 1877-11-14 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-06-22 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | LOWER LATHAM DITCH, 1877-11-14 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-06-21 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | LOWER LATHAM DITCH, 1877-11-14 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-06-20 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | LOWER LATHAM DITCH, 1877-11-14 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-06-19 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | LOWER LATHAM DITCH, 1877-11-14 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-06-18 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | LOWER LATHAM DITCH, 1877-11-14 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
| 2026-06-17 | 1.017 cfs (100%) | LOWER LATHAM DITCH, 1877-11-14 · South Platte River · on a river this source flows into |
How this is worked out, and what it cannot tell you
- This is a decreed rate that was in priority -- paper water, not water that was available or diverted.
- Augmentation plans, exchanges and substitute supply plans let a structure divert lawfully while out of priority; none are modelled.
- Calls on the river this source flows into are included without a position test, so curtailment can be over-reported where the calling point sits above the confluence.
- DWR's administration is the authority. Scored against DWR's own call analysis, this method agreed on 95.5% of 85,822 structure-days (2026-08-29).
- Calls considered for this structure: 3443, of which 2844 sit on a river it flows into.
Legal record & documents
17 decreed actions on record across
8 court cases:
90CW0166, 90CW0157, 90CW0136, 89CW0138, 87CW0133, 86CW0390, 85CW0229, 79CW0278.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
90CW0166 | 3 | 1882-06-02 | O |
90CW0157 | 3 | 1882-06-02 | O |
90CW0136 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
89CW0138 | 3 | 1882-06-02 | O |
87CW0133 | 3 | 1882-06-02 | O |
86CW0390 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
85CW0229 | 1 | 1882-06-02 | O |
79CW0278 | 2 | 1882-06-02 | O |
35 imaged documents on DWR’s shelf for this structure — 32 water-court documents across 9 cases, including 9 decrees. Every row opens the scanned PDF at DWR. Listing as of 2026-09-30.
- Decree in case 90CW0166 ↗ · imaged 2012-01-13 · 13 pages
- Decree in case 90CW0136 ↗ · imaged 2006-09-25 · 8 pages
- Decree in case 90CW0157 ↗ · imaged 2006-09-25 · 15 pages
- Decree in case 79CW0278 ↗ · imaged 2005-08-24 · 13 pages
- Decree in case 85CW0229 ↗ · imaged 2005-08-24 · 12 pages
- Decree in case 86CW0390 ↗ · imaged 2005-08-24 · 12 pages
- Decree in case 87CW0133 ↗ · imaged 2005-08-24 · 13 pages
- Decree in case 87CW0199 ↗ · imaged 2005-08-24 · 15 pages
- Decree in case 89CW0138 ↗ · imaged 2005-08-24 · 13 pages
“Imaged” is the date DWR’s archive filed the scan, which is often years after the court acted (a 1911 decree can be imaged in 2011). The court’s own date is the adjudication date in the rights table.
Court record (32)
| Imaged | Case | Type | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-13 | 90CW0166 |
DECREE | 13 | open ↗ |
| 2009-09-23 | 90CW0166 |
NOTICE (DISMISSAL, ETC) | 2 | open ↗ |
| 2009-09-23 | 90CW0166 |
STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION | 10 | open ↗ |
| 2009-09-23 | 90CW0166 |
SUMMARY OF CONSULTATION | 2 | open ↗ |
| 2009-09-22 | 90CW0136 |
SUMMARY OF CONSULTATION | 4 | open ↗ |
| 2009-09-22 | 90CW0157 |
STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION | 10 | open ↗ |
| 2006-09-27 | 90CW0157 |
APPLICATION | 10 | open ↗ |
| 2006-09-27 | 90CW0157 |
SUMMARY OF CONSULTATION | 4 | open ↗ |
| 2006-09-27 | 90CW0166 |
APPLICATION | 7 | open ↗ |
| 2006-09-26 | 90CW0136 |
APPLICATION | 5 | open ↗ |
| 2006-09-25 | 90CW0136 |
DECREE | 8 | open ↗ |
| 2006-09-25 | 90CW0157 |
DECREE | 15 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 79CW0278 |
APPLICATION | 8 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 79CW0278 |
DECREE | 13 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 79CW0278 |
ORDER (OTHER) | 7 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 79CW0278 |
OTHER | 2 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 79CW0278 |
STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION | 9 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 85CW0229 |
APPLICATION | 8 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 85CW0229 |
DECREE | 12 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 85CW0229 |
OTHER | 1 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 86CW0390 |
APPLICATION | 9 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 86CW0390 |
DECREE | 12 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 86CW0390 |
OTHER | 1 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 87CW0133 |
APPLICATION | 9 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 87CW0133 |
DECREE | 13 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 87CW0133 |
OTHER | 1 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 87CW0199 |
APPLICATION | 10 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 87CW0199 |
DECREE | 15 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 87CW0199 |
OTHER | 2 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 89CW0138 |
APPLICATION | 9 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 89CW0138 |
DECREE | 13 | open ↗ |
| 2005-08-24 | 89CW0138 |
OTHER | 2 | open ↗ |
Division filings (3)
| Date | Type | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-04-24 | Correspondence DOUBLE JK RANCH SPECIAL REVIEW | 2 | open ↗ |
| 1986-12-10 | Correspondence DOUBLE JK RANCH CASE NO 85CW229 | 1 | open ↗ |
| 1985-03-01 | Correspondence DOUBLE JK RANCH PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION | 13 | open ↗ |
Imaged documents at DWR. DWR keeps the scanned documents for this structure — decrees, rulings, plats, correspondence — in its Laserfiche archive. Open the list directly: imaged documents for 0502413 ↗ (indexed by structure, not by case — the cases listed above appear within the list).
Other DWR records for this structure: DWR’s page for this structure ↗ — net amounts, water rights, transactions & adjudication history, and diversion records, all on that one page. On this site: the district’s full legal picture →
How often is it out of priority?
Across the 11 seasons whose call record is complete enough to judge this structure (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026), week by week from April.
5600.00000 · peaks at
2 of 11 seasons
5995.00000 · peaks at
9 of 11 seasons
8947.00000 · peaks at
11 of 11 seasons
Snow sets the clock here. In the driest third of snow years (3 seasons), the call settled in for the season around June 17 (June 3 to June 17 across those years). In the middle third (5 seasons), the call settled in for the season around June 24 (June 17 to June 24 across those years); in 3 of them it never lifted at all. In the wettest third (3 seasons), the call settled in for the season around July 8 (June 17 to July 8 across those years).
Snow years ranked by the district’s April 1 snow-water percentile across 3 SNOTEL sites; 11 seasons carry both a snow reading and a judgeable call record. How the past played out, not a forecast.
Why only 11 seasons, and what the bars mean
Each bar is one week: how many of those seasons that right was out of priority under a call this site can lawfully attribute to this structure. Green is never, red is every season on record.
The short record is a property of DWR's data, not of the river. A call only counts against a structure when we can establish it applies — by the districts named in its set comments, or by stream mile on the same source. DWR did not begin stating affected districts routinely until about 2015: fewer than one call in ten can be judged before then, against roughly two in three since. A season we cannot judge is not a season without calls, so it is dropped rather than counted as quiet — 12 seasons dropped here.
This is a frequency over past seasons, not a forecast. It says nothing about what the division engineer will do this year.
Structures it shares court cases with
This structure was a party to 8 court cases that also touched 37 other structures — changes of water right, augmentation plans, exchanges. Being parties to the same case does not by itself mean water moved between them; which way it ran, and how much, is in the decree.
| Case | Filed | Also touched |
|---|---|---|
89CW0138
⚠ abandonment |
1989 | ST VRAIN PALMERTON DITCH, POINT OF PINES DITCH |
90CW0157 |
1990 | ST VRAIN PALMERTON DITCH, BEAVER MTN LAKE, LAKE WELL 12310RF |
87CW0133 |
1987 | ST VRAIN PALMERTON DITCH, MINNIE LAKE, GLACIER VIEW RANCH P 1 |
90CW0136 |
1990 | LONGMONT SUPPLY DITCH, LONGEVITY SPRING, PEACEFUL VALLEY POND, PEACEFULL VALLEY 1-38401 |
85CW0229
⚠ abandonment |
1985 | LONGMONT SUPPLY DITCH, DOUBLE JK RANCH W 139206, DOUBLE JK RANCH POND 1, DOUBLE JK RANCH POND 2 |
86CW0390
⚠ abandonment |
1986 | LONGMONT SUPPLY DITCH, CAMP ST MALO IMPACT REACH, CAMP ST MALO POND 1, CAMP ST MALO POND 2 and 3 more |
79CW0278 |
1979 | SWEDE DITCH, SWISS VILLAGE RES 1, SWISS VILLAGE RES 2, SWISS VILLAGE RES 3 and 4 more |
90CW0166 |
1990 | ST VRAIN PALMERTON DITCH, BITNER SPRING PL, GAY PIPELINE NO 1, RANCH SPRING PL and 7 more |
How this is derived
Every court action DWR records for a structure
carries its case number. Where one case number appears in the records of
several structures, those structures were parties to the same proceeding.
This is read straight from the cached transaction tables — no
document was interpreted to build it. Case numbers are validated against
the known Colorado formats first: the case column also contains stray
dates (10/04/1884 appears on 98 Clear Creek rows), and
treating one as a case number would invent a shared proceeding between
60 unrelated structures. Cases spanning more than
12 structures are separated out as omnibus
adjudications. The filing year comes from the case number, not from the
row's adjudication date — that date belongs to the water right the
action describes, so a 2006 case legitimately carries a 1989 date.
How good is our record of it?
Grade C (6/10 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 | 4 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | absent | no diversion records cached |
| record continuity | unknown | no record span to measure against |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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