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SATTLEY DITCH NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 3200660 · 1 · ALKALI CANYON · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:11 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (f6d7fdc) — 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 1914-12-31 — 265th most senior of the 638 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: SATTLEY DITCH NO 1 (1914-12-31). Immediately behind: WILSON DITCH NO 2 (1915-12-31).

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
44559.23741914-12-311972-12-31 1.00.0 CIRRDOMSTK

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 47 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 18 AF — 38% of that, and 4th 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)
2011 21 5th lowest of 15 · 45% of median 27 0.5
2012 61 11th lowest of 15 · 130% of median 118 0.4
2013 53 10th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 88 0.8
2014 63 12th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 69 0.6
2015 90 15th lowest of 15 · 192% of median 113 0.6
2016 83 14th lowest of 15 · 177% of median 135 0.5
2017 51 9th lowest of 15 · 108% of median 93 0.5
2018 70 13th lowest of 15 · 149% of median 82 0.6
2019 14 3rd lowest of 15 · 30% of median 75 0.1
2020 29 6th lowest of 15 · 62% of median 41 0.5
2021 6 1st lowest of 15 · 13% of median 26 0.2
2022 10 2nd lowest of 15 · 21% of median 35 0.2
2023 31 7th lowest of 15 · 66% of median 76 0.3
2024 47 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 102 0.3
2025 18 4th lowest of 15 · 38% of median 64 0.2

How good is our record of it?

Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.

The rubric, component by component
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 4119 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 37% of the irrigation seasons in 1973-2025 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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