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MIDDLE FORK SOUTH PLATTE AT PRINCE

Structure dossier · WDID 2302913 · STREAM GAGE · MIDDLE FORK SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:00 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (0576005) — 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.

Current administration

● Junior rights called out — call at CANAL 3 DITCH (CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER, priority 1870-04-01).

● Fully called out — call at BIG T PLATTE R DITCH (BIG THOMPSON RIVER, priority 1865-11-18).

● Fully called out — call at B H EATON DITCH (CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER, priority 1864-06-09).

● Fully called out — call at LAST CHANCE DITCH 2 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1863-12-30).

● Fully called out — call at HILLSBOROUGH DITCH (BIG THOMPSON RIVER, priority 1861-11-10).

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 1868-08-01 — 271st most senior of the 21881 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: 2300680 (1868-08-01). Immediately behind: 0801151 (1868-12-31).

Decreed rights (25)

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
6788.01868-08-011889-10-18 9.60.0 CIRR
8544.01873-05-231889-10-18 3.790.0 CMUNCUR
8546.01873-05-251889-10-18 16.10.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
8546.01873-05-251889-10-18 1578.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
8583.01873-07-011889-10-18 3.680.0 CMUNCUR
9252.01875-05-011889-10-18 499.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
9252.01875-05-011889-10-18 5.10.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
9276.01875-05-251889-10-18 4.980.0 CMUNCUR
9627.01876-05-101889-10-18 3.40.0 CIRR
10398.01878-06-201889-10-18 0.760.0 CMUN
10733.01879-05-211889-10-18 4.250.0 CMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMCUROTH
10788.01879-07-151889-10-18 215.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
10788.01879-07-151889-10-18 2.60.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
11433.01881-04-201889-10-18 3.130.0 CMUNCUR
11453.01881-05-101889-10-18 4.770.0 CMUNCUR
11816.01882-05-081889-10-18 807.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
11816.01882-05-081889-10-18 8.40.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
11849.01882-06-101889-10-18 6.070.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
11849.01882-06-101889-10-18 282.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
11853.01882-06-141889-10-18 168.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
11853.01882-06-141889-10-18 2.10.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
11854.01882-06-151889-10-18 106.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
11854.01882-06-151889-10-18 1.30.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
11867.01882-06-281889-10-18 37.00.0 AIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR
11867.01882-06-281889-10-18 0.50.0 CIRRMUNCOMINDRECFISFIRDOMSTKCUR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 6,889 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 6,542 AF — 95% of that, and 6th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

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 recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2011 6,022 4th lowest of 15 · 87% of median 6,022 109 76.8
2012 2,134 1st lowest of 15 · 31% of median 2,134 79 38.5
2013 7,433 11th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 7,433 117 76.8
2014 8,883 14th lowest of 15 · 129% of median 8,883 119 76.8
2015 9,390 15th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 9,390 119 76.8
2016 6,695 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 6,695 102 76.8
2017 8,178 13th lowest of 15 · 119% of median 8,178 119 76.8
2018 5,594 3rd lowest of 15 · 81% of median 5,594 110 73.4
2019 6,504 5th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 6,504 114 76.8
2020 4,099 2nd lowest of 15 · 60% of median 4,099 97 76.8
2021 7,296 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 7,296 119 76.8
2022 7,296 9th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 7,296 119 76.8
2023 7,556 12th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 7,556 109 76.8
2024 6,889 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 6,889 109 76.8
2025 6,542 6th lowest of 15 · 95% of median 6,542 109 76.8

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