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MORRISON CREEK DITCH 2
Structure dossier · WDID 5800786 · 1 · MORRISON CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 20:27 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.
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 1891-06-30 — 289th most senior of the 3097 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: MORRISON CREEK DITCH 1 (1891-06-30). Immediately behind: LANCASTER DITCH (1892-06-30).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19997.15156 | 1891-06-30 | 1905-09-18 | 1.33 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | 110A |
| 19997.18748 | 1901-05-01 | 1905-09-18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | IRRDOM | A159 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 152 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 127 AF — 84% of that, and 5th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 186 | 13th lowest of 15 · 122% of median | 108 | 1.8 |
| 2006 | 176 | 10th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 111 | 1.6 |
| 2007 | 273 | 15th lowest of 15 · 180% of median | 161 | 1.7 |
| 2008 | 218 | 14th lowest of 15 · 143% of median | 63 | 2.0 |
| 2009 | 181 | 12th lowest of 15 · 119% of median | 62 | 2.0 |
| 2010 | 152 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 58 | 2.0 |
| 2011 | 166 | 9th lowest of 15 · 109% of median | 74 | 1.3 |
| 2012 | 177 | 11th lowest of 15 · 116% of median | 68 | 1.3 |
| 2013 | 148 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 65 | 1.3 |
| 2014 | 79 | 4th lowest of 15 · 52% of median | 41 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | 48 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 32% of median | 71 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 144 | 6th lowest of 15 · 95% of median | 69 | 1.3 |
| 2023 | 34 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 22% of median | 38 | 0.5 |
| 2024 | 32 | 1st lowest of 15 · 21% of median | 25 | 0.7 |
| 2025 | 127 | 5th lowest of 15 · 84% of median | 36 | 2.3 |
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