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YOUNGER DITCH NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 1100521 · 1 · ARKANSAS RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 in line

Priority 1879-05-15 — 140th most senior of the 1489 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: UPPER RIVER DITCH (1879-05-15). Immediately behind: OTERO PUMP STATION (1879-05-15).

Decreed rights (1)

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
10727.01879-05-151902-07-15 1.00.0 CIRR 62A

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 154 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2021, came in at 152 AF — 99% of that, and 7th 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)
2007 125 4th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 112 1.1
2008 114 2nd lowest of 15 · 74% of median 83 1.2
2009 154 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 99 1.0
2010 151 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 58 2.1
2011 116 3rd lowest of 15 · 75% of median 75 1.0
2012 167 10th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 89 1.0
2013 191 13th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 120 1.0
2014 196 14th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 112 1.0
2015 156 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 90 1.0
2016 211 15th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 118 1.0
2017 187 12th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 117 1.0
2018 113 1st lowest of 15 · 73% of median 77 1.0
2019 140 5th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 94 1.0
2020 186 11th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 113 1.0
2021 152 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 93 1.0

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