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VAN CLEVE NO 2 DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 3801067 · 1 · RED CANYON · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:25 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.

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 1882-09-15 — 66th most senior of the 4788 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: VAN CLEVE NO 1 DITCH (1882-09-05). Immediately behind: COZY POINT DITCH (1882-10-01).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
11946.01882-09-151889-05-11 0.90.0 CIRRAUG 46
12919.01885-05-151889-05-11 2.00.0 CIRRAUG 121

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 347 AF. Its most recent year on record, 1998, came in at 31 AF — 9% 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)
1975 603 14th lowest of 15 · 174% of median 153 2.0
1976 363 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 184 1.0
1977 365 12th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 184 1.0
1978 347 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 175 1.0
1979 327 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 165 1.0
1980 674 15th lowest of 15 · 194% of median 170 2.0
1981 347 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 175 1.0
1982 282 4th lowest of 15 · 81% of median 143 1.0
1983 317 5th lowest of 15 · 91% of median 160 1.0
1984 365 12th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 184 1.0
1985 347 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 175 1.0
1986 363 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 184 1.0
1987 210 3rd lowest of 15 · 60% of median 107 1.0
1997 30 1st lowest of 15 · 9% of median 34 0.5
1998 31 2nd lowest of 15 · 9% of median 32 0.5

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