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Structure dossier · WDID 4500572 · 1 · BALDY CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 23:56 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
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 1883-05-05 — 13th most senior of the 1378 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: CLAUSEN DITCH SAVAGE AP (1883-03-30). Immediately behind: RUSTLER DITCH (1883-05-12).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12178.0 | 1883-05-05 | 1888-05-05 | 1.2 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 12 |
| 12585.0 | 1884-06-15 | 1888-05-05 | 1.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 26 |
| 33097.32262 | 1938-05-01 | 1941-07-23 | 3.274 | 0.0 | C | IRRAUG | 172B |
| 33099.32262 | 1938-05-01 | 1941-07-23 | 3.276 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 172B |
| 48365.0 | 1982-06-02 | 2000-12-31 | 2.8 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 26 |
Legal record & documents
10 decreed actions on record across
4 court cases:
00CW0298, W3262, CA3395, CA0089.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
00CW0298 | 1 | 2000-12-31 | O |
W3262 | 4 | 1941-07-23 | O, S |
CA3395 | 2 | 1941-07-23 | O, S |
CA0089 | 3 | 1888-05-05 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 339 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 315 AF — 93% of that, and 5th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 339 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 80 | 4.0 |
| 2008 | 317 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 40 | 4.6 |
| 2009 | 317 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 40 | 4.6 |
| 2011 | 381 | 9th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 38 | 6.8 |
| 2014 | 395 | 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 66 | 3.6 |
| 2015 | 438 | 12th lowest of 15 · 129% of median | 60 | 4.6 |
| 2016 | 407 | 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median | 54 | 5.7 |
| 2017 | 541 | 14th lowest of 15 · 160% of median | 89 | 4.6 |
| 2018 | 9 | 1st lowest of 15 · 3% of median | 10 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | 714 | 15th lowest of 15 · 211% of median | 104 | 4.8 |
| 2020 | 450 | 13th lowest of 15 · 133% of median | 75 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 200 | 4th lowest of 15 · 59% of median | 64 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 178 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 52% of median | 40 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 197 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 58% of median | 43 | 2.7 |
| 2024 | 315 | 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median | 49 | 3.6 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade B (7/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 5 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 3199 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | sparse | 30% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2024 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
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