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MAINS DITCH NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 1200645 · 1 · HOWARD CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 02:12 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 1895-04-01 — 360th most senior of the 1967 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: TAYLOR WELL NO 2 (1909-01-01). Immediately behind: LANOUE DITCH NO 2 (1877-06-30).

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
21640.165271895-04-011909-08-05 1.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 61 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st 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)
1991 79 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 200 0.2
1992 79 12th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 198 0.2
1993 83 14th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 210 0.2
1994 88 15th lowest of 15 · 144% of median 202 0.5
1995 67 11th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 169 0.2
1996 8 6th lowest of 15 · 13% of median 41 0.2
1997 62 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median 162 0.2
1998 37 7th lowest of 15 · 61% of median 106 0.2
1999 61 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 158 0.2
2000 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 29 0.0
2001 65 10th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 176 0.2
2002 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 34 0.0
2018 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2020 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
2022 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 5288 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 28% of the irrigation seasons in 1935-2022 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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