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SWANSON DITCH NO 1

Structure dossier · WDID 5100971 · 1 · POLE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 20:41 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 get called out?

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 1987-12-31 — 1625th 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: LLOYD SPRING NO 2 (1910-06-15). Immediately behind: BAUMBERGER INTAKE (1991-02-11).

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
53691.504031987-12-311997-12-31 2.00.0 CIRR

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 159 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2024, came in at 88 AF — 55% 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 397 15th lowest of 15 · 250% of median 59 5.1
2011 374 14th lowest of 15 · 235% of median 63 4.0
2012 188 10th lowest of 15 · 118% of median 49 2.7
2013 159 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 50 2.0
2014 180 9th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 60 2.0
2015 260 13th lowest of 15 · 164% of median 79 2.0
2016 190 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 56 2.7
2017 61 2nd lowest of 15 · 38% of median 19 2.0
2018 150 6th lowest of 15 · 94% of median 61 2.0
2019 204 12th lowest of 15 · 128% of median 68 2.0
2020 112 5th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 33 3.0
2021 47 1st lowest of 15 · 30% of median 43 1.0
2022 152 7th lowest of 15 · 96% of median 54 2.0
2023 96 4th lowest of 15 · 60% of median 30 2.3
2024 88 3rd lowest of 15 · 55% of median 48 2.0

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.