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DRY CREEK NO 2 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3600595 · 1 · DRY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:25 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.

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 1910-05-31 — 351st most senior of the 1247 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: HEIL NO 3 DITCH (1906-06-01). Immediately behind: BUMGARNER NO 2 DITCH (1910-06-05).

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
32075.220651910-05-311952-03-10 3.00.0 CIRR 308

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 80 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 15 AF — 19% of that, and 2nd 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)
2008 168 13th lowest of 15 · 210% of median 52 2.0
2009 184 14th lowest of 15 · 230% of median 79 2.5
2010 98 10th lowest of 15 · 122% of median 74 1.1
2011 89 9th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 55 1.3
2012 22 3rd lowest of 15 · 28% of median 34 0.4
2013 71 7th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 69 0.7
2014 109 11th lowest of 15 · 136% of median 54 1.4
2015 80 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 46 1.3
2016 61 5th lowest of 15 · 76% of median 49 1.0
2017 66 6th lowest of 15 · 82% of median 55 0.9
2018 26 4th lowest of 15 · 32% of median 44 0.5
2019 206 15th lowest of 15 · 258% of median 81 2.5
2022 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 6 0.0
2023 132 12th lowest of 15 · 165% of median 65 2.0
2024 15 2nd lowest of 15 · 19% of median 19 0.5

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.