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D D FERGUSON D NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 4400587 · 1 · MILK CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 21:21 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1890-06-28 — 146th most senior of the 3562 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: J W KELLOGG D 2 (1892-03-30). Immediately behind: HIGHLINE MESA BAKER D (1889-11-18).

Decreed rights (5)

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
16699.147891890-06-281897-09-21 3.50.0 CIRR 61
18529.177231898-07-101902-09-15 3.330.0 CIRR 94
36295.213971908-08-011960-09-01 4.50.0 CIRR 18
36295.292191929-12-311960-09-01 3.50.0 CIRR 45
36295.32751939-09-011960-09-01 3.50.0 CIRR 48

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 991 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 223 AF — 22% 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 1,843 15th lowest of 15 · 186% of median 116 20.0
2012 688 3rd lowest of 15 · 69% of median 58 15.2
2013 884 5th lowest of 15 · 89% of median 40 16.5
2014 1,030 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 63 13.6
2015 982 6th lowest of 15 · 99% of median 58 16.5
2016 1,333 12th lowest of 15 · 134% of median 172 13.5
2017 1,227 10th lowest of 15 · 124% of median 67 16.9
2018 991 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 37 20.8
2019 991 7th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 37 20.8
2020 759 4th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 43 13.8
2021 1,274 11th lowest of 15 · 129% of median 50 16.2
2022 1,416 13th lowest of 15 · 143% of median 63 16.2
2023 1,510 14th lowest of 15 · 152% of median 71 25.1
2024 622 2nd lowest of 15 · 63% of median 57 13.1
2025 223 1st lowest of 15 · 22% of median 75 1.5

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