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SQUIRES DITCH NO 2
Structure dossier · WDID 3700819 · 1 · BRUSH CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 19:35 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 in line
Priority 1911-06-03 — 304th 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: SQUIRES DITCH NO 1 (1911-05-03). Immediately behind: S B AND A H DITCH (1905-06-15).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22983.22433 | 1911-06-03 | 1913-06-03 | 0.2 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 312 |
| 31983.25367 | 1919-06-15 | 1956-02-07 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 495 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 50 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2005, came in at 51 AF — 102% of that, and 9th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 79 | 13th lowest of 15 · 158% of median | 94 | 0.8 |
| 1991 | 88 | 14th lowest of 15 · 176% of median | 81 | 0.8 |
| 1992 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 1 | 0.0 |
| 1993 | 117 | 15th lowest of 15 · 234% of median | 121 | 1.0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 34% of median | 30 | 0.3 |
| 1995 | 21 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 42% of median | 37 | 0.3 |
| 1996 | 32 | 5th lowest of 15 · 64% of median | 61 | 0.3 |
| 1997 | 52 | 11th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 15 | 2.0 |
| 1998 | 60 | 12th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 16 | 2.0 |
| 1999 | 51 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 17 | 1.6 |
| 2001 | 44 | 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median | 23 | 1.0 |
| 2002 | 24 | 4th lowest of 15 · 48% of median | 18 | 0.7 |
| 2003 | 50 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 37 | 0.7 |
| 2004 | 42 | 6th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 36 | 0.6 |
| 2005 | 51 | 9th lowest of 15 · 102% of median | 62 | 0.6 |
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