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VAHLDICK DITCH NO 2
Structure dossier · WDID 1301078 · 1 · GREENLEAF CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:42 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 1871-06-01 — 44th 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: LIKELY & MCCORMICK DITCH (1871-06-01). Immediately behind: RIESTER DITCH NO 1 (1871-06-04).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7822.0 | 1871-06-01 | 1894-02-03 | 0.394 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 5 |
| 8906.0 | 1874-05-20 | 1894-02-03 | 1.71 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 26 |
| 11854.0 | 1882-06-15 | 1894-02-03 | 0.13 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 80 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 96 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 16 AF — 17% of that, and 3rd 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | 123 | 12th lowest of 15 · 128% of median | 63 | 1.0 |
| 2006 | 43 | 4th lowest of 15 · 45% of median | 57 | 0.4 |
| 2007 | 125 | 13th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 39 | 1.7 |
| 2008 | 96 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 50 | 2.0 |
| 2010 | 54 | 6th lowest of 15 · 56% of median | 20 | 2.0 |
| 2014 | 156 | 14th lowest of 15 · 162% of median | 59 | 2.0 |
| 2015 | 58 | 7th lowest of 15 · 60% of median | 23 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | 99 | 9th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 38 | 1.5 |
| 2017 | 50 | 5th lowest of 15 · 52% of median | 30 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | 100 | 10th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 30 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 110 | 11th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 32 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 159 | 15th lowest of 15 · 166% of median | 59 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 16 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 17% of median | 5 | 2.0 |
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