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NEW SPONSEL DITCH AP
Structure dossier · WDID 3300703 · 1 · CHERRY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:51 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 in line
Priority 1888-07-02 — 159th most senior of the 364 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: NEW SPONSEL DITCH (1888-07-02). Immediately behind: LA PLATA R & CHERRY CR D (1890-06-02).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14063.0 | 1888-07-02 | 1898-01-12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | #6 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 103 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 83 AF — 81% of that, and 5th 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 | 178 | 13th lowest of 15 · 173% of median | 78 | 2.5 |
| 2012 | 89 | 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 71 | 2.3 |
| 2013 | 82 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 68 | 2.5 |
| 2014 | 82 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 80% of median | 78 | 1.6 |
| 2015 | 188 | 15th lowest of 15 · 182% of median | 95 | 1.8 |
| 2016 | 103 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 62 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 110 | 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median | 52 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 25 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 186 | 14th lowest of 15 · 181% of median | 66 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | 146 | 12th lowest of 15 · 142% of median | 58 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 73 | 0.8 |
| 2022 | 98 | 7th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 64 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 118 | 10th lowest of 15 · 115% of median | 58 | 3.0 |
| 2024 | 141 | 11th lowest of 15 · 137% of median | 89 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 83 | 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 64 | 1.7 |
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