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NORTH SKYLARK DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5100823 · 1 · SKYLARK CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:49 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.
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 1913-06-01 — 484th 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: SHADRICK DITCH (1911-06-01). Immediately behind: FULSCHER DITCH NO 3 (1915-01-01).
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. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34241.23162 | 1913-06-01 | 1952-11-07 | 3.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRINDFIRDOMSTKAUGTMX | 458 |
| 54345.0 | 1998-10-16 | 1998-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | STOIRRRECFISAUGWLD |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 207 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 202 AF — 98% of that, and 7th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 162 | 5th lowest of 15 · 78% of median | 76 | 2.5 |
| 2004 | 100 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 48% of median | 61 | 1.3 |
| 2005 | 237 | 12th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 93 | 1.6 |
| 2006 | 285 | 15th lowest of 15 · 138% of median | 61 | 3.5 |
| 2007 | 247 | 13th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 66 | 4.2 |
| 2008 | 270 | 14th lowest of 15 · 130% of median | 67 | 3.8 |
| 2009 | 136 | 4th lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 42 | 3.1 |
| 2010 | 215 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 50 | 3.2 |
| 2011 | 232 | 11th lowest of 15 · 112% of median | 45 | 3.2 |
| 2012 | 83 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 40% of median | 51 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 215 | 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median | 67 | 2.0 |
| 2020 | 207 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 59 | 2.5 |
| 2021 | 68 | 1st lowest of 15 · 33% of median | 54 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 194 | 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median | 68 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 202 | 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median | 49 | 4.4 |
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