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SPRING CREEK DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 3101045 · 1 · LOS PINOS RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:56 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1868-07-25 — 78th most senior of the 1037 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: DR MORRISON DITCH (1868-07-25). Immediately behind: R-1101 (1868-07-25).
Decreed rights (9)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6781.0 | 1868-07-25 | 1930-10-25 | 75.2 | 7.3 | C | IRRDOM | P-1 |
| 18536.0 | 1900-10-01 | 1934-06-12 | 203.9 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | P-26 |
| 22400.0 | 1911-05-01 | 1934-06-12 | 0.31 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | P-37 |
| 51134.30846 | 1934-06-15 | 1990-12-31 | 30.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 54056.49372 | 1985-03-05 | 1998-12-31 | 2.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 54056.53497 | 1996-06-20 | 1998-12-31 | 3.75 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 54300.0 | 1998-09-01 | 1998-12-31 | 5.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | |
| 59169.56017 | 2003-05-15 | 2012-12-31 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRRSTK | |
| 62051.0 | 2019-11-21 | 2019-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.5 | C | IRRSTK |
Legal record & documents
14 decreed actions on record across
7 court cases:
19CW3030, 12CW0022, 98CW0013, 90CW0059, CA1248, CA7736, 02CW0065.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
19CW3030 | 1 | 2019-12-31 | S |
12CW0022 | 1 | 2012-12-31 | S |
98CW0013 | 3 | 1998-12-31 | S |
90CW0059 | 1 | 1990-12-31 | S |
CA1248 | 5 | 1934-06-12 | O |
CA7736 | 2 | 1930-10-25 | O |
02CW0065 | 1 | 1930-10-25 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 78,342 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 74,095 AF — 95% of that, and 6th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 78,564 | 9th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 184 | 274.1 |
| 2012 | 71,834 | 5th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 176 | 272.3 |
| 2013 | 61,352 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 194 | 276.0 |
| 2014 | 80,181 | 11th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 186 | 285.0 |
| 2015 | 82,618 | 13th lowest of 15 · 106% of median | 195 | 281.0 |
| 2016 | 78,342 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 195 | 284.0 |
| 2017 | 78,303 | 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 185 | 282.0 |
| 2018 | 47,852 | 1st lowest of 15 · 61% of median | 175 | 236.0 |
| 2019 | 86,216 | 15th lowest of 15 · 110% of median | 195 | 288.0 |
| 2020 | 78,825 | 10th lowest of 15 · 101% of median | 275 | 286.0 |
| 2021 | 70,006 | 4th lowest of 15 · 89% of median | 365 | 259.0 |
| 2022 | 68,055 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 87% of median | 365 | 263.0 |
| 2023 | 80,855 | 12th lowest of 15 · 103% of median | 365 | 291.0 |
| 2024 | 84,107 | 14th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 366 | 294.0 |
| 2025 | 74,095 | 6th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 304 | 266.0 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 9 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 3725 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 2011-2025 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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