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SPRUCE CREEK DITCH NO 5

Structure dossier · WDID 5200647 · 1 · SPRUCE CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-28 04:34 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 1936-05-01 — 181st most senior of the 562 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: BEAVER CREEK DITCH HDG 2 (1936-04-01). Immediately behind: SPRUCE CREEK D NO 5 HDG2 (1936-05-01).

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
31532.01936-05-011946-08-30 1.160.0 CIRR 190

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 86 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2019, came in at 73 AF — 85% of that, and 7th 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)
1998 103 11th lowest of 15 · 120% of median 67 0.8
1999 61 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 65 0.5
2000 64 6th lowest of 15 · 74% of median 66 0.5
2001 54 2nd lowest of 15 · 63% of median 64 0.5
2003 138 13th lowest of 15 · 160% of median 68 1.0
2004 87 9th lowest of 15 · 101% of median 82 0.7
2005 123 12th lowest of 15 · 143% of median 94 0.7
2006 61 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median 101 0.3
2007 49 1st lowest of 15 · 57% of median 68 0.4
2008 54 2nd lowest of 15 · 63% of median 55 0.5
2009 90 10th lowest of 15 · 105% of median 57 1.0
2010 146 14th lowest of 15 · 170% of median 64 1.2
2011 149 15th lowest of 15 · 173% of median 65 1.2
2012 86 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 39 1.2
2019 73 7th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 93 0.4

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 2576 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 27% of the irrigation seasons in 1974-2019 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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