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PONCHA SPRINGS ACEQUIA
Structure dossier · WDID 1100572 · 1 · SOUTH ARKANSAS RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:54 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 1869-04-30 — 64th 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: HARVARD D NO 2 APD LARIVEE (1868-12-31). Immediately behind: MURRAY DITCH (1869-04-30).
Decreed rights (3)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7060.0 | 1869-04-30 | 1890-06-19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | AUG | 28 |
| 11405.0 | 1881-03-23 | 1890-06-19 | 5.82 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 83 |
| 43219.0 | 1968-04-30 | 1969-07-09 | 5.82 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | A189 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 776 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2023, came in at 203 AF — 26% of that, and 1st lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
| 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 | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 803 | 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 150 | 5.0 |
| 2009 | 528 | 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 103 | 4.0 |
| 2010 | 579 | 6th lowest of 15 · 75% of median | 106 | 4.1 |
| 2011 | 776 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 137 | 5.0 |
| 2012 | 270 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 35% of median | 62 | 3.5 |
| 2013 | 770 | 7th lowest of 15 · 99% of median | 124 | 5.4 |
| 2014 | 797 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 148 | 4.7 |
| 2015 | 1,310 | 15th lowest of 15 · 169% of median | 203 | 5.4 |
| 2016 | 1,071 | 14th lowest of 15 · 138% of median | 162 | 5.4 |
| 2017 | 968 | 12th lowest of 15 · 125% of median | 165 | 4.1 |
| 2018 | 318 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 41% of median | 45 | 4.7 |
| 2019 | 985 | 13th lowest of 15 · 127% of median | 184 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | 398 | 4th lowest of 15 · 51% of median | 67 | 4.5 |
| 2021 | 836 | 11th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 107 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 203 | 1st lowest of 15 · 26% of median | 66 | 2.4 |
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