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THOMAS BALMAN DITCH NO 2
Structure dossier · WDID 1300984 · 1 · NORTH BRUSH CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:44 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1874-05-31 — 138th most senior of the 1017 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: HAMLIN DITCH NO 3 (1874-05-25). Immediately behind: DISSMORE DITCH (1874-05-31).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8917.0 | 1874-05-31 | 1894-02-03 | 2.44 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 27 |
| 9617.0 | 1876-04-30 | 1894-02-03 | 0.18 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 35 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 176 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 152 AF — 86% of that, and 7th 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 | 243 | 12th lowest of 15 · 138% of median | 49 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 176 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 42 | 2.5 |
| 2010 | 727 | 15th lowest of 15 · 413% of median | 143 | 2.6 |
| 2011 | 72 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 41% of median | 19 | 2.6 |
| 2012 | 68 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 39% of median | 17 | 2.4 |
| 2014 | 259 | 13th lowest of 15 · 147% of median | 61 | 2.5 |
| 2015 | 120 | 5th lowest of 15 · 68% of median | 25 | 2.6 |
| 2016 | 142 | 6th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 30 | 2.6 |
| 2017 | 190 | 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median | 42 | 2.6 |
| 2019 | 217 | 10th lowest of 15 · 123% of median | 43 | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1st lowest of 15 · 1% of median | 3 | 0.3 |
| 2021 | 356 | 14th lowest of 15 · 202% of median | 70 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 113 | 4th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 23 | 2.6 |
| 2023 | 239 | 11th lowest of 15 · 136% of median | 55 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 152 | 7th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 36 | 2.6 |
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