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RUSSELL NO 2 SPRING

Structure dossier · WDID 5300787 · 4 · DERBY CREEK · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 23:38 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (a1c9146) — 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 1945-06-01 — 426th most senior of the 1231 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: KREMMLING SHEEP CREEK DITCH HGT 2 (1940-09-15). Immediately behind: RUSSELL NO 3 SPRING (1945-06-01).

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
41199.34851945-06-011967-09-13 0.170.0 CIRR 469

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 26 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2002, came in at 11 AF — 42% 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)
1988 52 11th lowest of 15 · 200% of median 156 0.2
1989 53 12th lowest of 15 · 204% of median 157 0.2
1990 54 13th lowest of 15 · 208% of median 162 0.2
1991 64 15th lowest of 15 · 246% of median 163 0.2
1992 7 1st lowest of 15 · 27% of median 22 0.2
1993 61 14th lowest of 15 · 235% of median 180 0.2
1994 19 3rd lowest of 15 · 73% of median 99 0.1
1995 27 9th lowest of 15 · 104% of median 139 0.1
1996 29 10th lowest of 15 · 112% of median 149 0.1
1997 20 4th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 104 0.1
1998 22 6th lowest of 15 · 85% of median 111 0.1
1999 26 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 85 0.2
2000 20 4th lowest of 15 · 77% of median 55 0.2
2001 23 7th lowest of 15 · 88% of median 61 0.2
2002 11 2nd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 57 0.1

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 2156 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against)
record continuity sparse 20% of the irrigation seasons in 1952-2002 carry measured days
published-record stability stable no upstream revisions recorded against this structure

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