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OHIO CREEK NO 2 DITCH
Structure dossier · WDID 5900644 · 1 · OHIO CREEK · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 21:27 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 1888-06-30 — 138th most senior of the 2360 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: JAMES WATT DITCH (1888-06-30). Immediately behind: SQUIRREL CREEK NO3 DITCH (1888-09-30).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14061.0 | 1888-06-30 | 1906-09-14 | 4.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 71 |
| 30667.14061 | 1888-06-30 | 1941-04-29 | 12.0 | 0.0 | C | IRR | 331 |
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 710 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 946 AF — 133% of that, and 13th 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,066 | 14th lowest of 15 · 150% of median | 147 | 4.6 |
| 2012 | 393 | 1st lowest of 15 · 55% of median | 75 | 4.8 |
| 2013 | 1,618 | 15th lowest of 15 · 228% of median | 162 | 8.5 |
| 2014 | 574 | 4th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 116 | 6.4 |
| 2015 | 807 | 9th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 146 | 5.2 |
| 2016 | 879 | 11th lowest of 15 · 124% of median | 169 | 4.1 |
| 2017 | 647 | 6th lowest of 15 · 91% of median | 136 | 5.1 |
| 2018 | 503 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 153 | 3.6 |
| 2019 | 807 | 9th lowest of 15 · 114% of median | 142 | 6.5 |
| 2020 | 470 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 66% of median | 119 | 4.3 |
| 2021 | 710 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 121 | 4.5 |
| 2022 | 892 | 12th lowest of 15 · 126% of median | 155 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 651 | 7th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | 143 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 577 | 5th lowest of 15 · 81% of median | 124 | 5.1 |
| 2025 | 946 | 13th lowest of 15 · 133% of median | 171 | 4.5 |
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