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MANSFIELD DITCH 2

Structure dossier · WDID 4800519 · 1 · LARAMIE RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 01:48 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 1880-06-01 — 1st most senior of the 143 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 behind: HILLS DITCH (1880-07-01).

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
11110.01880-06-011896-10-30 19.840.0 CIRR
20737.190971902-04-151914-02-20 1.90.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 781 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 741 AF — 95% of that, and 3rd 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)
2010 830 10th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 62 14.7
2011 870 14th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 61 14.7
2012 715 2nd lowest of 15 · 92% of median 55 13.5
2013 765 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 56 14.7
2014 761 4th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 56 14.7
2015 765 6th lowest of 15 · 98% of median 56 14.7
2016 761 4th lowest of 15 · 97% of median 56 14.7
2017 781 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 67 12.5
2018 852 12th lowest of 15 · 109% of median 55 16.0
2019 814 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 67 10.0
2020 609 1st lowest of 15 · 78% of median 88 7.6
2021 889 15th lowest of 15 · 114% of median 61 18.2
2022 863 13th lowest of 15 · 110% of median 44 29.6
2023 832 11th lowest of 15 · 106% of median 41 26.3
2024 741 3rd lowest of 15 · 95% of median 60 21.5

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
CheckStateDetail
identity complete name, type, and water source all on file
decreed rights on file 2 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 2729 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 25% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2024 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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