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POLE CREEK DITCH NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 5100836 · 1 · POLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:54 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 1937-06-01 — 508th 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: JACKSON WELL PIPELINE (1936-05-13). Immediately behind: JUST DITCH NO 2 (1937-06-15).

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
34241.319281937-06-011952-11-07 1.50.0 CIRRDOM 488

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 92 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 29 AF — 32% of that, and 2nd 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)
1999 117 10th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 43 1.4
2000 108 9th lowest of 15 · 117% of median 40 1.4
2001 117 10th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 43 1.4
2002 117 10th lowest of 15 · 127% of median 49 1.4
2004 185 15th lowest of 15 · 201% of median 72 1.4
2005 92 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 38 1.4
2006 149 14th lowest of 15 · 162% of median 62 1.2
2007 42 5th lowest of 15 · 46% of median 35 1.0
2008 51 6th lowest of 15 · 55% of median 33 1.4
2009 146 13th lowest of 15 · 159% of median 54 1.5
2010 32 3rd lowest of 15 · 35% of median 18 1.2
2011 63 7th lowest of 15 · 68% of median 36 1.4
2013 39 4th lowest of 15 · 42% of median 25 0.9
2014 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median 2 0.0
2019 29 2nd lowest of 15 · 32% of median 24 0.7

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 1737 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 18% of the irrigation seasons in 1975-2019 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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