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LEONARD HORN DITCH NO 2
Structure dossier · WDID 3700684 · 1 · MILK CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:34 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.
Which of its rights get called out?
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 1896-06-01 — 307th most senior of the 2162 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: SHERMAN PIPELINE DITCH (1913-11-20). Immediately behind: MESA DITCH (1896-06-01).
Decreed rights (2)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23527.16954 | 1896-06-01 | 1914-11-09 | 0.5 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 319 |
| 36730.0 | 1950-07-25 | 1956-02-07 | 15.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 510 |
Recorded use (last 12 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 48 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2004, came in at 0 AF — 0% of that, and 1st lowest of the 12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 1975 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 3 | 0.0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 2 | 0.0 |
| 1984 | 3,096 | 12th lowest of 12 · 6450% of median | 170 | 9.5 |
| 1993 | 96 | 7th lowest of 12 · 200% of median | 82 | 0.6 |
| 1994 | 243 | 10th lowest of 12 · 506% of median | 149 | 2.0 |
| 1995 | 394 | 11th lowest of 12 · 821% of median | 135 | 3.0 |
| 1999 | 103 | 8th lowest of 12 · 215% of median | 27 | 2.0 |
| 2000 | 143 | 9th lowest of 12 · 298% of median | 37 | 2.0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1st lowest of 12 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
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