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LOVE DITCH NO 2

Structure dossier · WDID 6001170 · 1 · SAN MIGUEL RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:52 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 in line

Priority 1946-09-10 — 959th most senior of the 2893 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: LOVE DITCH (1946-09-10). Immediately behind: NORWOOD CANAL LATERAL (1946-12-09).

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
37446.353161946-09-101965-09-10 1.00.0 CIRR 541

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 149 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2002, came in at 51 AF — 34% of that, and 1st 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 159 9th lowest of 15 · 107% of median 125 1.0
1989 123 7th lowest of 15 · 83% of median 125 0.5
1990 165 10th lowest of 15 · 111% of median 197 0.5
1991 85 4th lowest of 15 · 57% of median 129 0.5
1992 105 5th lowest of 15 · 70% of median 147 0.5
1993 149 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median 200 0.5
1994 108 6th lowest of 15 · 72% of median 142 0.5
1995 453 14th lowest of 15 · 304% of median 187 1.5
1996 455 15th lowest of 15 · 305% of median 190 1.5
1997 262 13th lowest of 15 · 176% of median 136 1.0
1998 183 12th lowest of 15 · 123% of median 140 1.0
1999 63 2nd lowest of 15 · 42% of median 67 0.5
2000 169 11th lowest of 15 · 113% of median 190 0.6
2001 70 3rd lowest of 15 · 47% of median 178 0.5
2002 51 1st lowest of 15 · 34% of median 171 0.2

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