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MILLER DITCH NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 1301050 · 1 · COTTONWOOD CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:27 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 1998-09-10 — 922nd 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: TEXAS CREEK MIN FLOW (1998-01-29). Immediately behind: NORTHROP SPRING NO 1 (1998-09-11).

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
54309.01998-09-101997-12-31 0.750.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 35 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2022, came in at 54 AF — 154% of that, and 12th 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)
1996 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 1 0.0
1998 16 3rd lowest of 15 · 46% of median 12 0.8
1999 19 4th lowest of 15 · 54% of median 14 0.8
2000 29 7th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 30 0.5
2001 11 2nd lowest of 15 · 31% of median 12 0.5
2002 83 14th lowest of 15 · 237% of median 141 0.5
2003 27 5th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 28 0.5
2004 53 11th lowest of 15 · 151% of median 50 0.8
2005 149 15th lowest of 15 · 426% of median 102 0.8
2006 49 10th lowest of 15 · 140% of median 34 0.8
2007 77 13th lowest of 15 · 220% of median 54 0.8
2008 48 9th lowest of 15 · 137% of median 34 0.8
2009 35 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 43 0.4
2012 28 6th lowest of 15 · 80% of median 26 0.6
2022 54 12th lowest of 15 · 154% of median 37 0.8

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