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C A PALMER DITCH

Structure dossier · WDID 4100511 · 1 · SPRING CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:16 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 1891-02-10 — 148th most senior of the 1104 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: MEXICAN GULCH IRRIG D (1888-07-28). Immediately behind: GEORGE W MOODY DITCH (1891-04-15).

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. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
29038.150161891-02-101941-12-04 2.00.0 CIRR 173
29038.278641926-04-161941-12-04 1.00.0 CIRR 199

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 269 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 151 AF — 56% of that, and 1st 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)
2011 463 14th lowest of 15 · 172% of median 86 3.8
2012 269 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 81 3.3
2013 299 11th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 79 3.8
2014 193 5th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 66 2.8
2015 458 13th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 96 3.5
2016 288 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 79 3.2
2017 534 15th lowest of 15 · 198% of median 113 4.2
2018 191 3rd lowest of 15 · 71% of median 33 3.3
2019 288 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 79 2.9
2020 248 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median 58 3.1
2021 325 12th lowest of 15 · 121% of median 65 3.7
2022 232 6th lowest of 15 · 86% of median 43 3.1
2023 169 2nd lowest of 15 · 63% of median 44 2.5
2024 192 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 51 2.7
2025 151 1st lowest of 15 · 56% of median 41 2.8

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