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BATTLE CREEK DITCH NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 5100519 · 1 · BATTLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 22:24 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 1883-04-15 — 22nd most senior of the 2208 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: WINTER PARK WEST WELL 7 (1882-12-31). Immediately behind: NINE MILE DITCH (1883-04-30).

Decreed rights (1)

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
12158.01883-04-151906-08-11 1.00.0 CIRR 14

Recorded use (last 13 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 127 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 339 AF — 267% of that, and 13th lowest of the 13 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)
2004 127 7th lowest of 13 · 100% of median 65 1.0
2008 208 11th lowest of 13 · 164% of median 81 1.7
2009 70 3rd lowest of 13 · 55% of median 38 1.2
2010 112 4th lowest of 13 · 88% of median 52 1.2
2011 243 12th lowest of 13 · 191% of median 99 1.5
2012 36 1st lowest of 13 · 28% of median 21 0.9
2013 63 2nd lowest of 13 · 50% of median 43 0.8
2014 139 8th lowest of 13 · 109% of median 59 1.4
2015 124 5th lowest of 13 · 98% of median 69 1.2
2016 126 6th lowest of 13 · 99% of median 69 1.4
2017 153 10th lowest of 13 · 120% of median 60 2.0
2018 142 9th lowest of 13 · 112% of median 90 1.6
2019 339 13th lowest of 13 · 267% of median 74 4.0

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 1 right(s), seniority decoded
diversion record present 820 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 25% of the irrigation seasons in 2004-2019 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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